After decades of thoughtful restoration, the gardens at Folly Farm in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, blend historic and contemporary planting, finds Tiffany Daneff. Pictures by Jason Ingram.
‘Today,’ Lanning Roper, wrote in Country Life, May 15, 1975, after visiting Folly Farm near Sulhamstead, in Berkshire, ‘such a garden is beyond the realms of possibility in this country.’ He cited the expense not only of upkeep, but of repairs and ongoing maintenance: the…