Garden
The garden at Asthall Manor covers 6 acres (2.4 ha) and is listed as a Grade II Historic Garden. It was created for the current owners of Asthall by Julian and Isobel Bannerman (best known for their work for Prince Charles at Highgrove House) and includes traditional gardens of herbaceous borders and lawns, contemporary parterres and areas of wild woodland and wildflowers running down to water-meadows by the River Windrush.
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