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Hunmanby Grange lies 12.5 miles SE of Scarborough, on the road from Burton Fleming to Fordon, midway between Hunmanby and Wold Newton.
A working farm situated on top of the Yorkshire Wolds, 110m above sea level, 4 miles inland from the southern end of Filey Bay. It occupies an exposed open site with prevailing winds from the West, the soil is a grade 2/3 clay loam over chalk, at a depth of only 20 - 30cm.
Gardening here with this exposure to wind and the chalk soil were highlighted in a recent feature about the garden on the BBC2 programme 'Gardeners World'.
We first started the Garden in 1983, since then it has never ceased expanding and growing, originally there was a very small front garden with very little in it - a bare canvas to work on ! The boundaries to the N, W and E were defined by farm, drive and wood and to the S are still extendable (just !) All garden planning has evolved around wind protection, the prevailing wind a westerly although not cold, can be extremely damaging and destructive. To the N and E, the farm and recently planted shelter belts give good protection, so windbreaks in the form of hedges and fences were put in place to give protection from the S and W. It was these that shaped the garden into a series of smaller gardens, each developed further depending on shelter, aspect, views and need. A series of 5 and 10 year plans have since come to fruition, more plans have been made and are being implemented as the garden continues to grow.
Gill and Tom Mellor
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