Sustainability, Biodiversity & Crafting a Traditional Garden, Lincolnshire, UK

Sustainability is key to this garden. Looking at the local environment and working with local craftmen, women and artisans to create a garden rich in sustainability and biodiversity, using traditional methods such as dry-stone walling, wattle fencing, locally sourced boulders and clay pavers. With a changing climate, it’s paramount that gardeners adapt and create gardens that have a small carbon footprint while maximizing both plant and wildlife biodiversity. Local growers and native planting from trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials and bulbs, corms and rhizomes are introduced to blend seamlessly into the beautiful Lincolnshire countryside. The views are spectacular, with uninterrupted vistas across fields and hedgerows. Bringing native plants into the garden creates natural resting spots for native pollinators. Native plants and wildlife have adapted to the local environment and will, therefore, survive the changing climate in the area.

Part of the garden is in shade for half of the day, so a rich, biodiverse selection of plants are used to create green, lush borders with speckles of colour dotted throughout. Mature trees are planted from the start to add structure and a backbone to the garden, while the dry-stone wall, being a work of art in its own right, becomes a habitat for wildlife increasing animal biodiversity.

A sustainable and biodiverse garden does not need to be boring. Using traditional methods ensures that the garden has a real sense of place. The rocks used for the dry-stone walling can be found in local quarries, but also in a rock seam that runs beneath the property – really placing this garden and the materials and plants used within the surrounding landscape.

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