Country garden
Orchard meadow
Mown paths through meadow grass connect a small orchard to the wider landscape.
Location
Ditchling
Area
1,800 m²
Planted
2020
Photographed
September 2026
Design & planting
Tilth studio
The brief
A neglected paddock with six old apple trees, to become a meadow that is easy to look after.
What we did
We kept the trees and mowed paths in long curves between them. The rest of the grass is left to grow and cut once a year, in late summer.
Bulbs under the canopy give the spring its start. The garden takes a single afternoon of work a month.
Paths through the grass
The orchard in winter
A mown edge
A few of the
living ingredients.
Selected planting
Narcissus ‘Thalia’ · 600
Allium ‘Globemaster’ · 80
Betula pendula · 2
Amelanchier lamarckii · 3
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