The site includes grassland meadow, wooded glades, shrubberies, and hedgerows. They roost socially, sometimes in overgrown hedges and shrubberies but usually on the ground. There are also extensive lawns and shrubberies. At various times, Paston Hall has been surrounded by outhouses, shrubberies, orchards and lawns. There was also of lawns, shrubberies, pleasure, kitchen and allotment gardens, and five cottages. Also there were extensive gardens and shrubberies. The pools are surrounded by mixed specimen trees and shrubberies. The family had a fishpond with a fountain in the side garden and extensive shrubberies. "Leycesteria formosa" became a popular plant in Victorian shrubberies. The house is set back in the property and screened by trees and shrubberies. The new house was built by C. H. Howell, with a formal garden and shrubberies. It has numerous floral displays and shrubberies, and a chapel. Shrubberies, annual beds, bulb beds and exotic trees all became a feature of the park.