Country Living
In the Garden
With a little help
The house is situated amidst countless acres of unspoilt countryside. Fortunately, the grounds belonging to Rodono House comprise only about 6 acres to take care of, with mature broadleaf trees and a few acres of sloping lawns. What we set out to achieve, was to create a green, cultivated environment that frames the house yet blends in with the surrounding countryside.
Jolanda is helping Maarten to help me
chop logs of for the stoves.
The grounds involve maintenance, which in the old days would be taken care of by a squad of full time gardeners. Nowadays we have machines, and it takes about a day in the week for Richard and me to maintain the lawns and trim the hedges and tidy up the trees.
Richard and Mick working on the hedges...
...along the orchard.
