点评:Friday 11th September 2026, My husband and drove up to just above Salisbury to go to the village of Middle Woodford to go to visit Heale House Gardens.
Heale House was built in the latter part of the sixteenth century by Sir William Greene. The house was given to his daughter and son-in-law, Sir Gerald Errington, in 1553 as a wedding present. Passing from them into the hands of Lawrence Hyde of Hatch and given again as a wedding present to his son, the house was considerably enlarged, covering very much the same area as it does today.
In 1894, the Hon Louis Greville set about restoring the house and gardens employing Harold Peto from nearby Iford Manor to redesign parts of the garden. Not all of the garden plans were used, but his influence can be seen in the Italianate terrace overlooking the river. Greville also bought a tea house and bridge over from Japan to add to the garden which can still be seen today.
My husband and I entered the gate into the gardens and walked through a fruit orchard, which led to a walled garden growing fruit and flowers, there was an ornamental pool with lily’s in the centre of the garden. We found a bench and sat for a while and a lovely stripy tiger cat came past.
We then left here by a wrought iron decorative gate and went into the Japanese Garden with its red oriental bridge and tea house overlooking a flowing stream. We then strolled along the water meadows with the river Avon flowing through and the sun glinting on the water; it was such a pretty and peaceful sight.
We then walked round this very fine house into its formal garden with round ball clipped yews and grasses and along the terrace, the paths lined with lavender bushes. We strolled round to the side of the house and found steps down to a little nitch by the river with a bench where we sat for a while and listening to the water babbling by. I found inspiration here and I wrote a poem called ‘Memories of Yesterday’.
My husband and I took lots of photographs of this lovely garden as we strolled round.
Three hours later we left the garden after a lovely walk
翻译:2026年9月11日星期五,我和丈夫驾车前往索尔兹伯里附近,目的是去米德尔伍德福德村参观希尔宅园。
希尔宅邸建于16世纪后期,由威廉·格林爵士所建。1553年,这座宅邸作为结婚礼物被赠予他的女儿及其丈夫杰拉尔德·埃林顿爵士。之后,宅邸又转至哈奇的劳伦斯·海德手中,并再次作为结婚礼物送给了他的儿子。在此期间,宅邸也经历了大幅扩建。其覆盖范围与如今几乎相同。
1894年,路易斯·格雷维尔勋爵着手修复这座宅邸及其花园,并聘请了附近伊福德庄园的哈罗德·佩托来重新设计花园的某些区域。虽然并非所有设计方案都得以实施,但他的影响依然可见——比如那座俯瞰着河流的意式露台。此外,格雷维尔还从日本购买了一座茶室和一座桥梁用于布置花园,这两样物品至今仍可见到。我和丈夫走进花园的大门,穿过一片果园后,便来到了一个有围墙的花园——那里种着各种水果与花卉。花园中央还有一个装饰性池塘,池塘里漂浮着睡莲。我们找到一张长椅,坐了一会儿,这时一只带着条纹的可爱老虎猫从旁边走过。
之后,我们从一扇锻铁制成的装饰门离开此处,进入了日式花园。那里有一座红色的东方风格桥梁,还有一座茶室,可以俯瞰缓缓流淌的溪流。随后,我们沿着河边的草地漫步,埃文河从旁流过,阳光在水面上闪闪发光;这一幕真是美丽又宁静。
接着,我们绕着这座非常漂亮的房子,走进它那布局规整的花园——园里有修剪成圆形的紫杉树和各种草类。我们沿着露台行走,沿途小径两旁种满了薰衣草。之后我们走到房子的侧面,发现有台阶通向河边的一个小角落,那里有一张长椅。我们在那儿坐了一会儿,聆听着河水潺潺流淌的声音。我在这里获得了灵感,于是写了一首名为《昨日的回忆》的诗。
我和丈夫漫步于这座美丽的花园时,拍下了许多照片。
三个小时后,我们在尽情漫步一番后离开了花园。