Arjan and Geertje van Dijk’s garden is vast and experimental, featuring everything from a canal, to ornamental beech arches, to a banana grove
Looking out from the living room window of Arjan and Geertje van Dijk’s house in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, you are treated to a panoramic view of what seems like two totally different gardens. Turn your gaze to the left and before you stretches a rectangular canal, flanked on both sides by almost symmetrical borders. Look instead towards the right and your eye is immediately drawn into a cherry orchard, bordered by a wave of hydrangeas, which in turn is echoed by a ripple of annual plants.
Delve further into the garden and you find even more distinct garden spaces: a grove of white-stemmed Betula utilis var. jacquemontii; a field of Hosta sieboldiana that takes on a warm parchment colour in the autumn sun, and is interplanted with Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’, of which in late autumn only the skeletons remain. A circular pergola supports several gnarled wisterias and a sunken brick terrace gives an amazing view across a large meandering pond. The latest development is an amphitheatre of annuals in a raised bed, backed by a wall of Corten steel. It seems as if Arjan is experimenting with all available gardening styles.
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WORLD OF POSSIBILITY
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THE FEMININE TOUCH?
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'If you emulate nature, you're on to a winner'
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FRIENDLY ADVICE
When tasked with creating a garden for her friends, designer Neive Tierney found the project came with challenges - not least the need to include a wheelchair ramp and squeeze in a saltwater swimming pool
Passing the baton
The celebrated nursery and garden at Marchants Hardy Plants in East Sussex is now being managed by a new team, who continue to inspire visitors with innovative planting
My sweet gourd
Clark Lawrence, an American living in the heart of Italy's pumpkin province, loves growing different cultivars of pumpkins and ornamental gourds for their sweet flavours and fabulous looks
ANDY JASPER
The new CEO of the Eden Project on his excitement about a new chapter, the legacy he's left at the National Trust and his joy at heading home to Cornwall
Bedding in
In just under nine years, the owners of Arvensis Nursery in Wiltshire have created a mature garden that displays their high-quality perennials
Late summer dreams
From cool pastels and foliage to hot colours, designer Jo Thompson creates three stylish container combinations for autumn
A SIGN OF THE TIMES
Inspired by the historic house and setting at Park House in Cambridgeshire, landscape architect Robert Myers has woven together traditional and contemporary design elements to create a haven for people, plants and wildlife
