Last weekend I paid a second visit to a bit of a hidden-gem, Wollerton Old Hall, near Market Drayton in Shropshire. This is a relatively new garden, dating from the 1980's. Nevertheless the owners have completely captured the joy and romance of an old-fashioned flower garden in the style of Hidcote and Sissinghurst. It is beautifully laid out, with lots of nooks & crannies to explore, and every available surface is clothed with wonderful plants and climbers! They have a huge collection of Salvias here (something like 80) but of course they weren't in flower just yet. The bells & whistles brigade have yet to take over here, so it feels like you are actually visiting a garden and not the commercial outpost of some vast empire. All of the modern elements that you might expect are here, but the tea room is splendid with a broad selection of reasonably priced nosh, and a terrific plant sales offers all sorts of goodies at fair prices (£4 Uvularia grandiflora). The garden is, like Hidcote, a bit out of the way to get to but undoubtedly is worth making the effort to visit!
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| Formal area at the garden entrance |
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| View into Yew Walk |
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| View into Lime Alee |
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| Lime Alee |
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| Sundial Garden |
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| View into Long Walk |
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| Long Walk |
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| Long Walk into Croft Garden |
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| Well Garden |
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| Well Garden bench |
2 comments:
I still can't get over that you work in such a place. sigh.
I am sold. It is going on my map of England today!
...Now you know what a garden nerd I am :)
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