IN BRIEF Name Balker Farmhouse. What Private garden on the Stair Estate. Where Dumfries and Galloway. Size Four acres. Soil Acidic gravelly, silty loam. Climate Maritime climate cool summers, mild winters and high rainfall. Hardiness zone USDA 9a. The whitewashed farmhouse and its extensive contemporary garden lie deep within the Stair Estate. This atmospheric and unusually informal garden was created by Davina, Countess of Stair and head gardener Annmaree Mitchell; its design driven by a love of colour and plant knowledge.
Colour burst At Balker Farmhouse in southwest Scotland, brightly coloured perennials and sub-tropical shrubs are expertly woven among textural grasses with a potent colourist’s eye WORDS HANNAH GARDNER PHOTOGRAPHS RAY COX
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