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Indigo and Amara help Luke with chopped firewood.<\/p>\n
Andrew Montgomery<\/p>\n
Luke\u2019s adventures round regional auction rooms have also turned up \u2018all sorts of columns and statues for the garden\u2019, says Phoebe. \u2018We were inspired by the garden of Iford Manor in Wiltshire, which I\u2019ve painted.\u2019 Similarly, they recently installed a \u2018temple garden\u2019 just beyond her studio, the idea for which came from gardens designed by Julian and Isabel Bannerman, including Highgrove.<\/p>\n
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Luke and Phoebe in their \u2018temple garden’.<\/p>\n
Andrew Montgomery<\/p>\n
While much of the planning of the garden relates to achieving low-maintenance impact, the structures give a sense of the Arcadian sublime. This effect is increased by a stream that runs through the valley, which Indigo and Amara paddle in during summer, and by the clutch of Herdwick sheep and Hereford cows that together graze the slopes below the house. \u2018We call them the flerd,\u2019 says Luke. The couple have help with the farming. \u2018We\u2019re very lucky, because we\u2019ve discovered that it is quite full-on,\u2019 says Phoebe, who explains that there are nonetheless some times in the year when the whole family does get involved<\/a>. \u2018Lambing is undoubtedly a high point for the girls and something to look forward to after Christmas.\u2019<\/p>\n Phoebe painting the garden at Stancombe Park in the Cotswolds.<\/p>\n Andrew Montgomery<\/p>\n Adrian and Lucretia regularly return to visit their old home. It turns out they bought the house from writer and art dealer Bruce Chatwin and, before that, the artist Nigel Newton lived in it. \u2018It has always been a home to people in the arts,\u2019 Phoebe says. Certainly, this story has kismet running through it beyond her childhood dream. \u2018There are days when I can\u2019t quite believe this is real,\u2019 she says. \u2018Living here has genuinely surpassed every expectation\u2019.<\/p>\n phoebedickinson.com<\/a> | theholwellcollection.com<\/a> | octaviadickinson.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indigo and Amara help Luke with chopped firewood. Andrew Montgomery Luke\u2019s adventures round regional auction rooms have also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[63632,13345,105248,61,60,166,80],"class_list":["post-210031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-artists-at-home","tag-country","tag-houses-decorated-for-christmas","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lifestyle","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Phoebe](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HGPhoebeFujiOne290-production_digital.jpg\"\/)
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