Outings 2014

The Garth

In the morning we visit The Garth.

This was the garden we were planning to visit last year until the owner broke her leg!

It is a half-acre garden in Cannock Chase comprising a series of small gardens and water features with many rare perennials and shrubs. It even has ancient sandstone caves.

The owner’s Website

Grafton Cottage

I make no apologies for spending the afternoon at Grafton Cottage. We have been there in the past and it is one of my favourite traditional cottage gardens - roses, sweet peas, hollyhocks, clematis – lovely.

Mill House - Ravensthorpe

In the morning we are going to the village of Ravensthorpe. The first stop will be Mill House. This is a lovely one acre garden with an orchard, pond , pergola, hot bed and shady area

The owner is Heritage Seed library Guardian. Tea and coffee will be available. We then go round the corner to Ravensthorpe Nursery and Garden.

This is a very well stocked, highly recommended nursery and many unusual shrubs and herbaceous perennials plants can be seen in the extensive garden.

Hill Close Gardens - Warwick

In the morning we go to Warwick to visit Hill Close Gardens, known as the Hidden Hedged Gardens. These are rare survivals of Victorian gardens once used by the townsfolk who didn’t have gardens.

There are 18 individual plots still tended by local people and a number of the original brick summer houses saved by preservation orders. Old paths link the gardens and all plots are very different.