7 KITCHEN GARDEN

The layout of a new kitchen garden in the grounds of Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire, offers a hint of the National Trust property’s medieval monastic past. Designed by head gardener Jonny Norton, the garden is framed by two pergolas, made from re-purposed chestnut, to suggest cloisters and has a central dipping pond fed by four rills made from reclaimed bricks. The pergolas are planted with vines and gourds, and all the plants in the garden are either edible or medicinal, and include herbs popular in medieval times, such as cardoon and lovage. Later this year cold frames will be installed to grow year-round salad leaves. nationaltrust.org.uk