Garden and nursery near the beautiful Dorset coast

The Garden

An intricate web of gravel paths and colourful borders displaying our collection of new and unusual plants

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The Nursery

A wide range of rare species of plants, both curiosities and garden stalwarts.

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Our Garden and Nursery are open at selected tiems throughout the year. Please visit our contact page for our full list of opening hours.

Garden designer Charles Chesshire’s work and plants reflect deep knowledge, curiosity and a love of gardens both cultivated and wild deeply connected to the land and light of the Dorset coast.

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View fullsize The lovely flowers and unfurling leaves of Acer palmatum Going Green, a small upright tree with fresh green leaves, green stems that looks great against the darker presence of the Japanese pines in my garden… . . . #acergoinggreen #acerpalmat
View fullsize Magnolia Gold Star, a later flowering stellata hybrid, much overlooked for brighter yellow magnolias. Then we have the evergreen Magnolia (formerly Michelia) Fairy White, that has proved tougher than I imagined, the best of the new hybrids and has be
View fullsize Ribes sanguineum Poky’s (or Pokey’s) Pink and White Icicle.. both welcome colour break from the usual purply-pink forms.. Poky’s Pink is surprisingly scarce so must take some cuttings this year. . . . #ribespokyspink #ribespokeyspin
View fullsize Hopefully a farewell to winter as a rare hint of spring lights up a fading seedhead of Clematis Golden Tiara clinging to a branch of a Tibetan Cherry, . . . #clematisgoldentiara #tibetancherry #prunusserrula
View fullsize Just back from 2 weeks in Kyoto, where countless reflections challenge reality. . . . #japanesegardens #kyotogarden #tenjuantemple
View fullsize Lovely tangle of seedheads on the herbaceous Clematis x bonstedtii, an old cross between C.stans and C.tubulosa. This plant is a tall pale blue form, while the second pic is the variety ‘Pink Dwarf’ which has only recently stopped floweri