Cowbeech House, Hailsham, East Sussex, UK

**The Entry to Cowbeech Estate, Hailsham, UK**

**The Patio Garden at the Hailsham Estate, UK**

**Where There is a Him There is a Her, Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

I love surprises don’t you? That is why I so look forward to the gardens on the National Garden Scheme in the UK! They are all so unique! The gardeners really shine at bringing out the best of their gardens and also their personal tastes and likes. Cowbeech House had many surprises! First of all, there was the car collection! Wow! And then we saw the sculpture collection in the garden that surrounded this beautiful country estate! Mr Cowbeech loved modern art also. So let’s take a walk in this great estate garden!

This is the butterfly garden guarded by the lions!

**Art in the Garden, Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

**Patio Garden at Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

Mr Cowbeech also liked cannons!

**The Cannon Gazebo, Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

**The Lawn at Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

**The Vegetable Patch, Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

**The Pond at Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

**And a Very Big Mosquito, Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

Well this piece reminded me of a mosquito! But, I liked this little guy tucked into the bushes!

**Sculpture at Cowbeech House, Hailsham, UK**

It’s clear to see Mr Cowbeech is a man of the world! As we say goodbye to Cowbeech House and move on to another garden I had to know, “what is a cowbeech?”

The name Cowbeech was first recorded in 1261 as Coppetebeche, referring to a ‘capped’ or pollarded Beech tree. This was then shortened over the years to Coppebeche, Cobbeach and then to the Cobeech, before becoming the modern Cowbeech. Ahh, that explains it!

See you tomorrow in the garden!