Tag Archives: Subterrean gardens
Gardens and eccentricity
How to make gardens more appealing to children? Add grottoes. Henry Oakley purchased the Dewstow Estate, near Newport, in 1893 and being a keen horticulturist, he commissioned London landscapers Pulham and Son to create a garden with subterrean elements. Without descendants, when Oakley died in 1940, the estate reverted to pastureland, the hidden aspects filled […]







