The garden is separate from the house, a medium-sized garden surrounded by trees to the south, with a line of trees to the east, planted using a hedging selection from the Woodland Trust. A dry stone wall on one side supports mosses, lichens and ferns.

One patch is used for fruit trees and bushes and a few veg. Veg don’t grow well here without lots of attention, so this year I’ve left part of the old veg patch to see what plants turn up. Most of the garden has been managed for wildlife for several years, with woodpiles, some left untouched, and grass allowed to grow to different lengths, and overall not much intervention.  Under the trees to the east early spring flowers flourish. The more open parts have a variety of flowers and grasses, some planted, others self-sown. This year two species of orchid have appeared. Edale is on the edge of moorland, gritstone and limestone, and the variety of plants reflects this.

A feature is a large goat willow growing up around an old rotavator which was left by the previous owners – nature reasserting herself.

Open Saturday and Sunday 2–5pm