The Chatto Scree Beds

Beth Chatto’s “Scree Beds” were planted in 1999 as a remembrance of the scree plants in the Alps. Her extensive gravel garden already flourished with large scale plantings grabbing guests’ attention so this new area became home to small conifers and alpines that are easy to maintain. It was formerly a flat area with an established Mediterranean plant collection that filled her personal view into the garden and is today the background for her white sheets hung out to dry on laundry day.