Tintinhull Garden in Somerset was created last century, around an elegant 17th-century manor house built from local Ham Hill stone.
It was originally laid out in the Arts and Crafts style by Phyllis Reiss, who, with her husband, bought Tintinhull in 1933 and who left it to the National Trust in 1961 on her death. From 1979 to 1993, it was in the tenancy of the garden writer and gardener Penelope Hobhouse who further developed Reiss’s vision.

Reiss was strongly influenced by gardens such as Hidcote in Gloucestershire and her travels throughout France and Italy. She was part of a circle of gardeners that included the renowned Vita Sackville-West and Gertrude Jekyll.
Reiss intended her ‘happy garden’ to be a place of peace and tranquillity and this small garden – less than an acre - comprises seven “garden rooms”, all with different characters. It features secluded lawns, pools and imaginative borders, a kitchen garden and arboretum.


MUSIC
1. Julius H: Lost In Thoughts - Short Piano Piece from Pixabay
2. George Butterworth: The Banks of the Green Willow; played by William Boughton & English String Orchestra from William Boughton: A Celebration on Record