
Inspiration for a classic English rockery
Look back to history
Rockeries first started becoming popular in England back in the 18th century as part of the garden landscape movement of the time. Designs then went on to be influenced by explorers in Victorian times, who bought alpine plants into the UK. This led to the creation of some outlandish projects in England, such as Sir Frank Crisp’s mini-Matterhorn at Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames, complete with its own tin mountain goats.
Your classic English rockery may not end up being quite so quirky, but this sort of eccentricity does give you an idea of how much imagination can be bought into play if you want to create your own take