Property News · May 20, 2016

Top 10 secret gardens in the UK


All eyes may be on Chelsea for the flower show next week, but for a more peaceful day out, check out our selection of lesser-known oases around the UKOnce a gravel quarry, this garden was created in 1940 by Colonel Harry Clive for his wife Dorothy, who had Parkinson’s disease. It is near Market Drayton, on the border between Shropshire, north Staffordshire and Cheshire, with views over the three counties. The original garden is two acres, but the site now extends to 12 and includes a rose walk, an alpine scree with pool, an edible woodland, a winter garden and a waterfall. Plants range from rhododendrons and azaleas to camellias and evergreen sarcococcas.• £7.50, open daily 1 April to 30 September; £3.50, weekends only, 1 October to 31 March, dorothyclivegarden.co.uk Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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