Genus Discovered - Rewilding at home

When we first contacted Linda Plummer for our Genus Discovered tour she was apprehensive.  She called us up explaining that her garden was far from tidy and perfect borders and that her gardening style was… pretty wild!  We assured her that we love every style of gardening and that you would too, so we paid her a visit on the first leg of the tour. But we weren’t expecting what we found when we got there… 

This garden was incredible, and one of our favourite gardens that we've visited on the tour.  It was beautifully wild and for me, the perfect balance of letting nature do it’s thing and a loving steer from it’s devoted curator, Linda. 

Aquilegias have been allowed to self disperse throughout the borders, along with foxgloves and poppies.  Roses have been allowed to ramble with the highlight being the wonderful ‘Charlie Dimmock’ Rose which was in full bloom.  At the same time, a beautiful water feature became a focal point standing proudly behind what nature has created and a nature pond buzzing with newts is revealed as you wander through the hidden paths, with water lilies bursting into flower. 

“One friend called it rampant” Linda tells us “and another said it was relaxed, and I think I like that”.  The garden flows from one space to another with something of interest around every corner.  It might be hard to spot Linda gardening away in her Genus trousers amongst the sea of bearded iris currently in bloom, but she was keen to tell us how much she loves them saying “there are so many good things about the Genus clothing range… I absolutely love my knee pads because there are lots of cobbles, and I can kneel down and do the weeding”. 

It was a real pleasure to get to experience this garden with Linda and as a thank you, we were thrilled to offer her a £100 voucher for the Genus shop - so she can keep that beautiful garden growing in comfort!  You can watch Linda's garden beautifully unfold in her own words in the video below.