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This garden seems to confuse many of our visitors, they expect to find masses of Daffodils, but instead find the statue of a young man gazing at his reflection in a still pool.
This is Narcissus, who fell in love with his reflection, and being unable to do anything further with this unrequited love pined away and died.
The gods feeling pity for him created the Narcissus in his memory.
David Jordan - © National Trust
The theme of reflection is echoed in the plantings of the two beds on either side of the pool.
All plants have a silver, white or yellow theme, either in flower or foliage and are planted as a mirror of each other.
The screening border to the west was created through a generous donation from a visitor that gave the garden a more secluded feel.
Previously, the area had been filled with massive Elms which when felled after Dutch elm disease left a huge space that needed filling, thus the Narcissus Garden as we now know it was created.
The design was by Mr. John Sales, the now retired garden advisor of the National Trust.
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