Stockton Bury Gardens and Westonbury Mill Water Gardens

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PGG visit to Stockton Bury Gardens and Westonbury Mill Water Gardens

Stockton Bury Gardens

Stockton Bury is a four-acre garden, created 45 years ago by Raymond Treasure and Gordon Fenn, wrapped around some stunning medieval farm buildings. Both men were inspired by Raymond’s relative, the late John Treasure (well known for his garden at Burford House near Tenbury Wells) and their friend, the late plantsman Christopher Lloyd. It is a highly acclaimed garden offering the visitor both relaxation and inspiration in equal measure. Here you will find a working Victorian kitchen garden, water garden and a series of formal borders and island beds full of many rare and unusual plants.

Raymond’s nieces, Tamsin Westhorpe and Connie Marston, joined the family team a few years ago. Tamsin has previously been deputy editor of Amateur Gardening magazine and Editor of The English Garden magazine. Tamsin now spends time in the garden and writes freelance alongside her role as an RHS Judge.

Westonbury Mill Water Gardens

These five-acre gardens are set around the Curl Brook on mainly level ground. There are grassed pathways with numerous bridges criss-crossing the tangle of streams and ponds and a mass of colourful moisture- loving plants, shaded by a backdrop of mature trees and shrubs.

You will see a two-metre high Moon Gate set within a newly laid beech hedge which will lead you to the first of the new gardens planned for the coming years. The gardens are well known for their unique follies and have received a lot of publicity on national TV and in the media. There are now three follies, all very large, very different and ‘completely useless but we hope they will amuse you as you amble through the garden’. One of these, a seven-meter high water-powered cuckoo clock is worth the visit on its own.

Programme

10.00am. Arrival
10.15-10.30am. Tour starts.
2.00pm (approximately). Westonbury Mill Water Gardens.

Directions

Stockton Bury Gardens, Kimbolton, Leominster, Hereford HR6 0HA.
Stockton Bury is two miles from the market town of Leominster and seven miles from historic Ludlow. If coming from Leominster on the A49 take the right-hand turn signed for the A4112. Follow this road for 1/4 of a mile into the village of Kimbolton and the garden entrance is on your right. If you reach the Stockton Cross Inn you have gone too far.

Westonbury Mill Water Gardens, Westonbury Mill, Pembridge, Leominster HR6 9HZ

Cost

£45.00 per person to include both gardens, refreshments on arrival and a vegetarian quiche lunch (gluten free is also available).

Booking

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Please note this tour is limited to a maximum of 25 members.