James Osmond | The Old Rectory, Doynton

The Old Rectory, Doynton |

Award winning professional photography by James Osmond. Outdoor photographer specialising in landscapes, gardens, outdoor lifestyle, heritage and travel. Based in Bristol, UK.

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The Canal Garden. A contemporary still water feature reflects the house and pleached hornbeams.

The Canal Garden. A contemporary still water feature surrounded by lawn and pleached hornbeams. Sculpture by William Davies.

The Kitchen Garden wall border contains Digitalis purpurea var. alba and Allium cristophii amongst Sedum 'Autumn Joy'

Pleached hornbeam with Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' underplanting defines the entrance to the Croquet Lawn from the Front Garden.

Apple trees have been trained into an arched walkway through the Kitchen Garden, where flowers are grown alongside edible produce for the house.

Gateway into the walled garden. Path lined with Rosa rugosa, Hydrangea paniculata and Hydrangea arborescens, Sedum 'Purple Emperor' and Geranium Rozanne

Border in the Astrological Garden with Allium cristophii, Cynara cardunculus, Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight', Hydrangea arborescens 'Hills of Snow' and Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Eva'

Papaver 'Lauren's Grape', Digitalis and Dianthus barbatus are among the flowers growing in the Kitchen Garden alongside edible produce for the house.

Pleached hornbeam underplanted with Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' and Alchemilla mollis in the Canal Garden. The Kings Head sculpture seen through the viewing hole in the wall beyond.

The Old Rectory. House and garden aerial.

The Old Rectory, Doynton

The Old Rectory is a formal country garden and Georgian rectory in South Gloucestershire, restored by the owners over a period of 12 years. Garden designer Iain MacDonald worked with the owners on the garden, which consists of approximately 2 acres of walled garden as part of a wider 15 acre estate. It is a garden with a strong structure of pleached hornbeams and an elegant still water ‘canal’ feature. The estate manager is currently trialing the use of Lonicera nitida to replace box hedging that had to be removed due to blight

Location

South Gloucestershire, UK

Season

Early Summer (June)