700 years of landscape design
The grounds of Henham Park were landscaped by Sir Humphrey Repton in 1791 and contain a great variety of trees including redwoods, ash, beech, mulberry and oak. The park is also home to some of Britain's rarest trees with two weeping larches, 2 of only 10 service trees in the UK and several black poplars among others. One ancient oak in front of the Old Stables was used by an ancestor of the current owner to hide in for three days while Cromwell's men searched for Royalists.
Repton's plan, by his own admission, incorporates landscaping already in place from centuries before. This includes the Lime Avenue and the ancient Tuttles Wood with its Saxon ditches and old coppice.
Constant work is being done to complete Repton's vision, including the construction of a lake and the development of several new copses.
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