Space to Visit

The garden was originally part of the estate of the house built in 1899, now called Kingsbury Manor. In 1989 Barn Hill Conservation Group were offered the use of the facilities, including the workshop, greenhouse and cold frames, and agreed to look after the garden. The Group restored the garden, including replanting the old hedgerows, adding an organic vegetable garden, compost containers, and a dry-stone wall, constructed in the traditional way, but from rubble instead of stone. A new pond was also dug to encourage wildlife – frogs, toads and newts – while the old round pond was left for the fish. Homes, from recycled wood, for a variety of creatures, can be seen in one corner, and birds are encouraged by nest boxes and feeders.