Felbrigg Hall Walled Gardens

I visited Felbrigg Hall, a National Trust house and garden, which is close to the North Norfolk coast, in August 2013. The weather was perfect for visiting an English Garden and due to the late spring we experienced in the UK that year, many flowers were still in their prime.

I particularly liked the African Garden area where drought-tolerant plants such as sedums, osteospermums, euphobias, aloes and agave plants and palms were show-cased.

The Dovecote from the African Garden

Felbrigg has a walled garden (one of my favourite kinds of garden) and the planting is spectacular. There are double borders filled with colourful perennials and annuals, communal fruit and veg allotments, beehives in the orchard, bantams, peacocks and guinea fowl roaming freely, an 18th century octagonal working dovecote and even redwoods in the west garden.

Echinacea

If you tire of the grounds or the weather is inclement then you can always visit the magnificent hall and library or have a bite to eat in one of the cafés.

Cockerell in the allotments

Rhubarb

Scarlet Poppies

Agastache and Buddleia (the Blues)

In the Walled Garden

California Poppies

Double Borders

Helenium

Hot Border

Zinnia

Clematis

Helenium

Drought-tolerant plants

Poppies

For more information about Felbrigg’s Walled Garden click HERE