![East Lambrook Manor from the road. The Paved Garden here, formed by the 'L' of the house, is not open to the public. East Lambrook Manor, April 2024](https://cabahs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/eastlambrookfromroad.jpg?w=1024)
After years of repeatedly reading about East Lambrook Manor in Margery Fish’s classic book ‘We Made a Garden’ [book review], I discovered late in 2023 that the house and garden were to be sold. While the garden is Grade 1 listed and therefore protected to some extent, it may not have to be open to the public, so I determined to visit as soon as I possibly could. The garden is not open over the winter – its season begins with the snowdrop festival in February – so I waited nervously to see if it would re-open in 2024. It did, so plans were hatched as there was now a caveat on the East Lambrook Manor website that opening arrangements could change if it is sold.
![East Lambrook Manor Gardens, April 2024](https://cabahs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/bartonandmalthouseandlawn.jpg?w=1024)
On a sunny morning in early April we set off to walk from South Petherton, where we were staying, to East Lambrook. It was a lovely walk of just under two miles, leading us into a small village with some very nice front gardens… and we turned into a driveway with the manor house on our left, the Malthouse ahead and a beautiful tree with a host of snakeshead fritillaries (Fritillaria meleagris) below. This was The Barton – the former farmyard.
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