Sunken Garden

Since the early 1990s Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain have been the inspirational leaders of the garden team, bringing to the place zeal, imagination, deep horticultural knowledge and an ever-growing understanding and enthusiasm for West Dean Gardens and its history.

Work is currently underway to transform this area of the Garden at the eastern end of the pergola.

Being sunken gives this area an intimacy and sense of shelter in marked contrast to the spaciousness of the surrounding lawns.