Bryan’s Ground, Presteigne

A photo of the front of the house, surrounded by lilies

Owners: David Wheeler and Simon Dorrell

Three acres of intimate garden rooms that have been growing since 1913. Furnished with follies and fragrant flowers, towers and topiary, pools and a potager, and paths to five acres of specimen trees on the banks of a river, on the border with Wales.

Closed in 2009

Bryan’s Ground is also the home of the
best-selling gardening quarterly HORTUS