“Kiftsgate has been created by three very independent- minded women over three generations, each with their own vision and style.”
water garden. Te banks are planted with hedges of Rugosa roses and an avenue of tulip trees leads to a stainless steel leaf sculpture, designed by Pete Moorhouse. It has a Moroccan feel to it and again the sculptural quality of the garden is in contrast to the dense planting of the more traditional bor- ders, yet it all works in harmony. Tese three women have each devoted
more than 30 years of their lives to the magical garden, and Anne still prunes her mother and grandmother’s roses herself. Te Kiftsgate rose is a lasting legacy to their tireless work and dedication to this garden.
Doune Mackenzie-Francis trained at Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland, before becoming head of PR and marketing at Leiths School of Food and Wine. She is available to help teach you some cooking tips and tricks in your house. If you would like to know more email:
dounemac@hotmail.com
For further information
To find out more about the garden please go to
www.kiftsgate.co.uk.
A book to mark the centenary of the garden is available for sale on Amazon titled ‘Kiftsgate Court Gardens – Celebrating Three Generations of women Gardeners’.
For the talk on Kiftsgate at the Garden Museum go
www.gardenmuseum.org.uk
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