Stewart Lane Stillingfleet YORK YO19 6HP Tel: 01904 728506 info@stillingfleetlodgenurseries.co.uk Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens York Contact info@stillingfleetlodgenurseries.co.uk or ring 01904 728506 The Rill Garden Rills were traditionally used in the earliest garden designs. Pasargadae in Iran has one of the earliest from C6 BC and the Alhambra in Granada has some of the best known. Usually a linear design inset into  paving and lined with stone or tiles, they often form a geometric design and have fountains and flowing water. Ours was designed with help from Lizzie Tulip in 2008 inside a rectangle formed from hedges of hornbeam and beech.  Very little planting space, several different coloured gravels and the gentle sound of water make this a wonderfully peaceful garden very different from the exuberance elsewhere.