Helmingham Hall Gardens, Thetford

In June, I tagged onto a mini road trip to Norfolk and Suffolk a long-anticipated visit to Helmingham Hall Gardens. The journey had come together around a series of garden invitations: a visit to a garden in Beccles owned by Julianne Fernandez of Chasing Arcadia Garden Design, an award-winning garden designer, and a private opportunity to photograph the Kitchen Garden at Holme Hale Hall, designed by Arne Maynard.

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Helmingham Hall Gardens are Grade I listed, and the setting is extraordinarily photogenic. The gardens possess a quiet sense of balance and atmosphere that aligns beautifully with my own aesthetic, offering moments of structure, softness, and stillness in equal measure.

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My visit, however, proved all too brief. Rain arrived shortly after I did, and with accommodation check-in looming later that afternoon, time was limited. Even so, the gardens left a distinct impression, the sort of place where beauty and tranquillity linger long after the visit itself.

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