Embroidered wall hanging, from the same room as the larger Stoke Edith Garden hanging T.568-1996. Worked mainly in tent stitch with some areas of applique such as on the Chinese pots. The design was drawn in pencil on the canvas prior to embroidery, as can be seen down the right-hand border where the embroidery ends and the canvas edge is exposed. There are holes along the edge where the canvas was attached to a frame while being made.
The hanging has distorted into a parallelogram, being pulled out of shape over the years by the diagonal tension of the tent stitch. The embroidery is worked in silk and wool threads on a linen canvas ground. The appliqued areas are worked on fine linen. In 2016 the whole embroidery was given a full linen scrim stitched support for display in the British Galleries.
The design is of a formal walled garden. Parkland can be seen beyond the red-brick boundary wall. A garden seat within an open-fronted garden building in neo-classical style, is set into the centre of the wall. Straight, wide paths bisect four lawns, which are dotted with closely-clipped topiary shrubs and surrounded by flower borders with tulips and carnations. Two lawns have pools with fountains playing in the centre, the other two have cherubic sculptures. The ground falls toward the viewer with two wide terraces, with steps leading down through a stone balustrade in the foreground. The scene is populated by a group of people sitting around a table, a woman and child, a harpist, a running dog, a monkey, a peacock, a parrot on the balustrade, and a servant who is tripping down the steps in the foreground and dropping his wine tray. Strong shadows are cast by the figures, topiary and sculptures.