The Rockery

The Rockery was formed from a strange grass ‘hump’ to the rear of the house. We were told that it was once an ancient tower but it is more likely the area where the rubble from the house construction, in 1832, was dumped. It certainly felt like that when we decided to make the rockery in 2002. All of the rocks were excavated from within the hump. It took us three weekends to excavate one rock! The construction coincided with Peter breaking two ribs so it was more than the usual amount of girl-power! We have planted it with dwarf rhododendrons and azaleas and thousands of spring bulbs.