Rousham in Oxfordshire is renowned as one of the greatest gardens in the country. It’s famed worldwide for its pioneering planning and planting, by the great master of the softening craft William Kent.
Venus Vale comes first; a long and gentle valley laid out from 1738, which amazingly remains unchanged to this day. It is framed by trees, flanking water coursing through ponds and two arched and rusticated cascades on to the River Cherwell.
A lead Venus stands atop the higher of these arches.
