10th form "English Country Gardens" (Grammar)

1. See in a huge park! Chatsworth House is one of the most popular country houses in Britain. Its fabulous gardens _____ over a period of six centuries.

2. There is a cottage garden and a kitchen garden _____ a garden containing many fragragant plants which was specially designed to be fully accessible to disabled visitors.

3. There are also a number of fountains. These include the Willow Tree Fountain, which looks like a real tree and sprays water at visitors when they _____ it.

4. There is also the Emperor Fountain, which has a water jet that reaches up to 200 ft in ____.

5. The power generated by this fountain is used _____ some of the electricity for the house.

6. The poet and gardening writer Vita Sackville West and her husband bought the ruins of the Elizabethen manor house, the Sissinghurst Castle in ____.

7. Then they began to restore the buildings and ultimately created one of the most ____ gardens in Britain.

8. While her husband designed the layout of the gardens, Vita ____ the plants.

9. The Sissinghurst Castle Garden is designed as a series of "rooms" _____ by high hedges and pink brick walls.

10. Each "room" represents a different theme or colour scheme. The gardens are now owned and maintained by the National Trust, an organisation that _____ special places in Britain.