At this time of year when the predominant colours are yellow (daffodils and primroses) and blue (forget-me-nots), more and more, I like orange tulips. They go so well with the dry colours of late winter – sage, phlomis, cistus – and the new growth of spring.
A photo of the cupola made and in place ….
This was a nice surprise, five years after I had produced a sketch design for a cupola to embellish a folly on the Isle of Wight – and had forgotten all about it – I was sent some photos of it. Here’s the sketch which I believe hangs in the folly and a photo of thing itself
Mark Lutyens garden seat under a plane tree in Somerset. Deigned by ML and made by master craftsman Rob Hibberd. (St Patrick’s Day 2021)
Mark sitting on his tree seat in a cloud of blue cornflowers, in the new walled garden at Hillsborough Castle, July 2019
The Dovecote or Shell House in the Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle: Designed by Mark Lutyens & Catherine FitzGerald; made by craftsmen from The Prince’s Trust, 2019
A folly in the Walled Garden made from stone and stag-head oak: Designed by Mark Lutyens & Catherine FitzGerald; made by Rob Hibberd, Autumn 2019
Circular metal tree seat for the Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle. Designed by Mark Lutyens: made locally. Tree in centre = Pyrus Silver Sails
Inscribed stone slab on a ferny wall at Slade Farm, Exmoor: text Andrew Marvell; design Mark Lutyens; carved by Tom Perkins
The new pool and plantings in the Jubilee Garden at Hillsborough Castle, June 2019