East Ruston Old Vicarage
Apple Walk & Happisburgh Church
The Apple Walk borrows a view from the
landscape of St Mary’s Church, Happisburgh.
By framing the church between tall poplar trees
its importance is emphasised and it appears
closer to the garden than the one and a half miles away
that it is. The Apple Walk is planted with
old-fashioned eating varieties of apples that
are trained as espaliers and edged with Nepeta
mussonii ‘Six Hills Giant’. This is clipped back
at least twice a year to give three successive
flowerings.
Leaving the Apple Walk by the circular
seat, proceed via the triangle of Pyrus
‘Chanticleer’ to the Stock Border. This area is
divided into four bays, it faces south and is
backed by three hedges that rise in ever
ascending steps. These look particularly good
in the winter, the crisply cut dark green of
yew backed by the warm rusty tones of beech,
which in turn are backed by a taller hedge of
bright green Monterey pine. The four bays are
planted ornamentally with plants that we use
for propagation for use in other garden areas.
There is an archway through the hedges with
interesting geometric planting of topiary yew
and box backed with a red berberis hedge
again backed by yew.
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