FILM producer Simon Relph and his ex-actress wife Amanda are opening up their garden near Bradford on Avon in aid of Dorothy House.
The one-acre garden at The Old Malthouse in Lower Westwood is opening together with No 15 The Pastures, Westwood on May 18 between 2-5pm. Entrance fee is £3.
The Relph's garden reopens on June 15 at the same time with a £2.50 entrance fee.
A work in progress since 1995, it has been raised to open up vistas of Westwood Manor and the church of the medieval village.
Within the garden the scene changes constantly - from the arts and crafts mood at the front of the house, with its drystone walls, water rills and spouts, lavenders and lavateras, via a large rustic barn, to a stretch of lawn overlooking fields and a long herbaceous border in shades of green and white.
An old orchard with long grass and daisies merges into an area where fruit and vegetables are presented with panache, including the fruit cage, an eight-foot tall metal sculpture.
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The main garden has a stream and a view into the cloister garden, where fruit trees and roses roam over pergolas.
On the paved terrace above, silver, white and blue planting makes a soft background for sculpted furniture; the enclosing walls support wisterias and ramblers in drifts, and self-seeding plants are encouraged to rampage.
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