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When Ineke Greve made De Dohm her domain in 1980, the gardens of the former hunting lodge, in the Dutch province of Limburg, had the appearance of having just been ravaged by one of the erstwhile hunting parties in full flight. The land was desolate and had never been cultivated.

Ineke had been weaned on the pleasures of English country gardens - of classic symmetry and immaculate clipped hedges - when weekending at their former home in Sussex.

The Greve's Anglophilia is unmistakably reflected in the shape of the imaginatively designed gardens: the rose garden, the wild garden, the spring garden, the white garden and the vegetable and herb garden as well. But while the inspiration may have come from England, Ineke insists that De Dohm is not a copy of any one place. It has an 'English orientation'.

When it comes down to it, arranging a garden is only your own creative interpretation of the impressions and experiences that you have had elsewhere".

Ineke's originality is apparent in her unusual plant and colour combinations, in the transition from garden to garden, and in the ornaments, often of her own design. Garden furniture, obelisks, vases and iron plant standards can all be purchased at De Dohm when it is open to the public in the summer months.

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