My recent post on Hidcote’s red border – and seeing so many pictures of tulips appearing in my Reader – inspired me to share this picture. It shows another colour themed planting, this time at Kiftsgate Court Gardens.
I believe this is the yellow border, pictured here early in the season – thought it does looks more like chocolate, orange and lime in this view, so perhaps you know differently! It reaches its peak of flowering – and, no doubt, yellowness – in August and September.
If you’re planning a trip to Hidcote Manor, try to allow time to call in to see this beautiful, terraced garden too while you’re only a few fields away.
Kiftsgate’s garden was planted in the 1920s by Heather Muir, a neighbour and close friend of Hidcote’s creator, Lawrence Johnston. The style of planting is very similar – these were clearly passalong plant gardeners, sharing choice plant specimens as well as inspiration – though the structure at Kiftsgate is said to have evolved a little more organically.
Please check the websites for opening times before travelling to avoid the nasty surprise at the gates that we once! Kiftsgate is closed every Thursday and Friday: other than that, opening times vary according to the month.
Susan Rushton 
Very nice. Great depth of field of the garden photograph. c.
Kiftsgate is one of my great favorites. Since Hidcote and Kiftsgate are just a skip away from each other, there’s plenty of time to see both in a day. I remember a lovely tea at Kiftsgate last time I was there, too.
I was told by a gardening friend that this is a must place to visit. It was closed when I passed it on my way to my first visit at Hidcote, last year.
That is fabulous!