Fragrant Posies
A rose garden was created by Maud Messel in the 1920s as part of her romantic vision for the planting schemes to surround the medieval style house. She filled it with herbs and old fashioned roses, sourcing many of the plants from gardening friends, swapping cuttings and plants from a variety of rare species. Subtle rose perfumes punctuate the air on approach, but inside the yew-sheltered garden itself, the aromas combine and grow heady and visitors can be seen chasing a particular bouquet to its source. All our roses are scented in varying degrees, but perhaps the most distinctive (and certainly most popular) is ‘Jude the Obscure’ with its powerful, almost lemony musk.