{"id":110557,"date":"2019-09-07T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-shropshires-late-bloomer\/"},"modified":"2019-09-07T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T10:04:13","slug":"gardens-shropshires-late-bloomer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-shropshires-late-bloomer\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: Shropshire\u2019s late bloomer"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWildegoose is a walled nursery, mixing formal and wild planting that\u2019s still bursting with life at the end of summerWildegoose Nursery would like you to get lost. Behind its beautiful brick walls, its creators would like you to immerse yourself in the sound of insects, to wander along paths as perennials tower above you, and glimpse, over hedges, other corners that burnish with late-summer colours, or tumble with vegetables. Then there\u2019s a slice of cake and a cup of tea at a table tucked among the flowers.Laura and Jack Willgoss represent a new breed of growers who are turning their nurseries into destinations, with plot-to\u2011plate cafes, courses and workshops, inspirational test gardens and a selection of plants to go home with. Twenty minutes outside Ludlow, the nursery is hidden within a beautiful walled garden on the Millichope Park estate. When the couple first arrived, the walled garden hadn\u2019t been in productive use since the 1960s. It was home to the huge Bouts viola collection \u2013 hardy and scented violas, many varieties spanning back to Victorian times \u2013 which they inherited when they bought the nursery. A 19th-century, curvilinear glasshouse was just a metal framework with trees growing through it; and as for the rest of the garden, there was none of the original layout left, just two acres of wilderness. Laura and Jack, who met as horticultural students at RHS Wisley, had long held a dream of restoring a walled garden, and here it was: a blank canvas. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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