An English Country Garden

Peckover House in Wisbech, north Cambridgeshire, is a National Trust property. We explored the house before venturing into the garden.


The walled garden is listed as having “many fine Victorian features, an orangery, summerhouses and fernery”. It also had a croquet lawn, many fruit trees and the most magnificent English garden.

For all of you garden lovers (especially those who have recently toured the gardens of the UK and may be missing them), we present some photos of the Peckover gardens below.


This is a tulip tree which was the feature of the croquet lawn.

Here is the croquet lawn immediately at the back door of the house...

...a cotton lavendar border...

...some dainty crocuses...

...and a purple herbaceous border.

Below is a water feature in the Pool Garden, which apparently was reconstructed from a photo of the original pool.

Here is the water lily in the pond.

...more assorted flowers...

...dahlias...

...and a view of the whole Pool Garden:

This quince tree stands in the corner of a triangular section of the garden...its fruit is what the Romans called golden apples.

On one of the dividing walls in the middle of the garden we found this espaliered pear tree:

...and nearby, some sunflowers...

...a walkway which separates the formal garden

from the fern house...

...a feature in the formal garden...

...and a double begonia.

Towards the rear of the walled garden we found a thatched summer house which Laurel and Elizabeth enjoyed exploring.

In another shaded corner towards the bottom of the garden, was a cat cemetery. There seems to have been at least ten cats who have lived at Peckover House.

And here is the latest feline resident of Peckover House...

He was given a thorough patting by John, who seemed to have been reminded of how much he was missing our cat, Miffy (pictured here in Canberra, courtesy of Brendon and Jo who have been looking after him.)