Welcome
Welcome to the garden at Knowle Hill Farm. The garden, situated 400 feet up on the north downs, has a spectacular view south over the Kentish Weald. It is rich in plants which thrive in warm, dry conditions and is full of interest all year round.
Early spring sees snowdrops, cyclamen, hellebores and spring bulbs. In high summer the garden is full of lavender, roses and agapanthus and late in the year there is a wonderful display of asters, grasses, cosmos and salvias which lasts until the first frosts. The garden is open under the National Gardens Scheme and for private parties by appointment.
Elizabeth Cairns
Images from 2020
The latest from ‘What’s looking good’
The latest postings from Elizabeth with the latest and regular news from the garden throughout the year.
Summer Colour
in spite of the continuing lack of rain (only 2.5 inches since the beginning of April) the roses are looking wonderful and there is colour everywhere. Sometimes plants have seeded into brilliantly clashing mixes as with the Poppy Laurens Grape with its delicious wine...
NGS OPEN DAYS
Miraculously the sun shone on both the days we were open - the only sunny days in weeks of cloud and rain. So despite the worry about parking (our fields were too sodden and cars had to park in our drive) everything went well and as usual the visitors were delightful,...
SNOWDROP FESTIVAL
Only a couple of days to go before we welcome visitors to see our snowdrops as part of the NGS Snowdrop Festival. We are praying for some sunny days to make the snowdrops glisten and lift everyone's spirits. It has been so wet recently that we will not be able to use...