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The Apple Orchard @ Bateman's Sussex NT by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: As you enter the garden at Bateman’s through the orchard and vegetable garden you’re met with a sweeping view towards the house, sitting beautifully within the garden and the valley beyond. The orchard contains a mixture of apples, pears, plums, damsons, medlars, crab apples and a black mulberry tree. Along the west-facing wall is a cutting border, providing flowers and foliage for floral displays in the house and tea-room.

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Built in 1634, Rudyard Kipling's beloved home was a writer's haven.

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(via Garden of Eden... | The garden at Bateman's | Lee Harris | Flickr)

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Batemans NT - Kipling's Kitchen Garden by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Gardens continually evolve, and our gardening team is always investigating new planting ideas, particularly in the Mulberry Garden which, although referred to as Kipling’s kitchen garden, was formal in design; the planting was largely a mixture of herbaceous perennials and shrubs with the clever use of fruit trees adding both structure and productive qualities to what was a very ornamental design.

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The Lily Pond and Rose Garden @ Bateman's NT by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The rose garden and lily pond were designed by Kipling and his drawing is on display in the house. The Rose Garden was replanted in 2007, as the original plants were slowly dying. The new roses were sponsored by members of the public in memory of people who have worked at Bateman's, from Kipling's time to the present day,

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Bateman's NT East Sussex.. by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The lovely greenhouse full of cuttings and potting plants found next to the Orchard garden lying in the Dudwell valley AONB on the Sussex Weald..

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A Trip To Bateman’s – Home Of Rudyard Kipling by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Nestled in the quaint town of Burwash in East Sussex, it is a gardener’s delight with its planted borders and vegetable gardens and is a great place for children and adults to explore with various planned activities throughout the year.Walking into the walled garden and down to the house in the sunshine, the smell of the herb gardens and the wide variety of flowers is an absolute delight.