E49 Ben Preston talks about York Gate
In this episode we are live at the Harrogate flower show and we are talking to the head gardener Ben Preston.
York Gate is a magical one-acre garden created by the Spencer family between 1951 and 1994. Frederick and Sybil Spencer along with their son Robin, laid out and nurtured what is now one of the finest small gardens in the country. The design of \u2018rooms\u2019 interlinked through a succession of vistas and executed with meticulous attention to detail owed much to the Arts and Crafts movement, complemented by Sybil\u2019s skills as a plants woman.\xa0 In accordance with Sybil\u2019s wishes, on her death in 1994, York Gate was given to Perennial. York Gate has been granted Grade II national heritage status in a list of post-war gardens and landscapes for England. \u201cIt is an amazing garden, and it should be protected. It\u2019s not a stately home, it\u2019s a family home. It would have meant a lot to Sybil, to see the family name and legacy live on.\u201d\xa0 Ben Preston, Head Gardener.
https://perennial.org.uk/garden/york-gate-garden/
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