A GARDEN LOVE AFFAIR - COLUMBINE HALL

Winter Talk - LIVE
Columbine Hall is a moated Manor House that was bought by Hew Stevenson and his late wife Leslie Geddes-Brown in 1993. They restored the house, gardens and grounds which have featured in many books and magazines including Country Living, Gardens Illustrated, The English Garden and The Kitchen Garden. George Carter designed the one-acre garden ‘platform’ within and enhanced by the moat.
Kate Elliott Kate Elliott is head gardener at Columbine Hall. She came at 16 straight from school and has been in charge of the gardens (which have featured in Country Life, Gardens Illustrated and The English Garden) for 28 years. She was a finalist in 2009’s Professional Gardener of the Year and is a member of the Professional Gardeners’ Guild.
In this personal account she will be talking about her love of gardening and the part she has played in the development of Columbine Hall gardens.