I'm very pleased to be able to share these pictures on here. I visited the new garden of Peter Reid for the first time last summer. Peter's garden is based very close to the sea in Lymington, Hampshire. It also holds a very fine selection of rather unusual plants.
It is first and foremost a private garden, but also a show garden for high quality garden lighting.
As you walk in, you are immediately greeted with a very light coloured courtyard. Notable plants in the picture below include; Curculigo, Yucca rostrata, Schefflera macrophylla and Xanthorrhoea glauca (Australian grass tree).
Looking back through the side passage, you can see there are Aspidistra and plain green Ophiopogon planiscapus planted in small 'borders'. The Zantedeschia is a giant form 'White Giant' (more on this one later), in a planting pocket by a circular seating area.
In the other corner, a rare South African tree fern - Blechnum tabulare. This is underplanted with various Aspidistra and Pulmonaria.
The planting is meticulous in this sunny corner, dubbed 'the cycaderry'. The main plant is Cycas panzhihuaensis. Note the ultra-sleek uplighter in the foreground!
I like the combination of Albizia 'Summer Chocolate' with Yucca rostrata and Tulbaghia in this other sunny corner.
I don't think I've been to a garden with this much attention to detail before. Below is a tool store/bench/sundeck. There is enough room to lay down here - I tried it myself, I'm 6'4" and there was room to spare.
An interactive feature has just been added on the website which is quite fun. It features an image of the garden at night with three switches so you can turn on the downlighting, the uplighting or the pathlighting - or any combination of all three - to see what they look like. 
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