Top Garden

In making the garden, Bernard recognised that the poor soil and dry conditions at Fullers Mill resemble those of the Mediterranean region and has consciously made use of plants naturally adapted to such places.

Thus the early flowering snowdrops from Greece - Galanthus reginae-olgae, start to flower in October. The wild Tulipa sprengeri is an unusual sight in late May. 

In winter the elegant birch grove of Betula ‘Silver Grace’, which was originally discovered by the lake, brings great freshness to the Top Garden, and in summer it becomes a romantic, dream-like scene underplanted with silver and purple. 

In early summer the Top Garden is transformed by flowering shrubs, which later form the backdrop for majestic displays of lilies.