Town Profile GREAT Comp, run by a charitable trust
set up by the Camerons in 1982, holds its ninth annual garden show (below) on the weekend of August 13 and 14 (11am-5pm). More info
www.greatcompgarden.co.uk The garden is situated about two miles from Borough Green off the A20 / B2016.
The grounds are now in the capable hands of William
Dyson (above), who started work at Great Comp as a mature student 18 years ago and is now its curator. His amusing insights into Eric's personality help to
explain aspects of the garden's current appearance - his use of scrap washing machines and old motorbikes to give height to The Tower 'ruin'; and his refusal, for six years, to allow William to remove view-blocking oaks. But William has his own firm opinions - as well as his
firm favourites, salvias (available on site at his nursery). He is proud of Great Comp's "exuberance", especially in summer, with its contrasting foliages, textures and forms. William is striving to build up the garden's reputation
as a haven of peace and tranquillity, plus its huge diversity of trees, shrubs and plants.
"We have a massive collection of magnolias - 50 or 60; there's me and my salvias; and my craze for collecting different plants. We are good in the spring, good in the summer, and also good for late colour. "I love it for its sheer diversity of planting, the quality
of it - and it's not formulaic,” he stressed. “I'm not being disparaging, but a lot of National Trust collections are formulaic, as if held in aspic. I can't imagine there's a lot of latitude for their head gardeners"
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