There is little more typically British than a National Garden Scheme Open Day, where this was snapped.
Equally typical is a kind of back against the wall ingenuity and Dunkirk spirit!
Often we are our best when disaster strikes and strike it did in this Congresbury, Somerset garden a few years ago.
A much loved Cedar, reportedly 350 years old, and central to the character of this garden took a tumble:
What to do?
Well life goes on!
And after much agonising the owners decided to soldier on and sneak a triumph of their own out of the disaster.
With sufficient roots entact, they have created a raised terrace over its uprooted zone:
We are not quite sure about the styling of the terrace, (well we would all do things differently!) but the downward limbs have created a neat and well used outdoor room:
Obviously they await the long term outcome for the Cedar.
But full marks for their fortitude.
Plucky Brits!
L and R
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