There are gardens to both the front and back of the house with views over fields. Some mature trees create woodland like areas and there are also areas in full sun with planting to suit each aspect. A large patio at the back has gazebos and seating. Other features inc a slate bed with fountain, pond, greenhouse and containers for alpines, vegetables, herbs etc. Planting style is naturalistic. Opens Saturday 2nd August.
Holmere Lodge consists of three distinct garden areas. A managed wildlife area of prairie planting, wildflowers and trees, a formal courtyard with seasonal planting and structured shrubs featuring stone floor artwork and a glasshouse and a ‘secret’ semi walled garden with geometric topiary. 55 Yealand Road is on an East/West slope, surrounded by limestone walls and native hedging. A ½ acre plot with productive fruit and vegetable area, gravel paths with steps take you through large herbaceous borders planted to attract butterflies and bees, wildlife pond and meadow with wonderful views. Parking has kindly been agreed in the New Inn car park which is directly across the road from the garden. Opens Sunday 3rd August.
3 gardens less than 3m from Oldham town centre, all different in style. 76 Green Lane is entered through a wooden pergola past a cutting garden. Steps lead through a rose arch onto a path past 2 greenhouses down to another cutting patch. The garden consists of large mature trees and borders containing many cottage garden favourites inc roses, clematis, sweet peas and foxgloves. Lark Rise is a ½ acre suburban garden with borders surrounding the garden planted with perennials, shrubs and small decorative trees. Its features inc an apple archway leading to a box parterre with a decorative ironwork water feature. There is a beehive in a wild area at the bottom of the garden. Maggie’s Oldham is a one storey building supported over its garden by steel legs. The building ‘floats’ aloft like a drop curtain to the scene creating a picture window effect. The garden flows below the building into a walled and secluded woodland sanctuary. Designed by Rupert Muldoon, it has featured on Gardeners’ World. Opens Sunday 3rd August.
Three adjacent C19 ‘Shrimpers’ Cottages’ which existed before the establishment of Shellfield Road, opposite what became the lifeboat station. The sea is now some distance away! 3 different front gardens for Bluebell, Rainbow and Anbil cottages provide no clue to the rear gardens, again all are very different; 2 are established over 20 yrs, one in the last 2 yrs, yet all provide interest and inspiration in showing how similar sized plots can be landscaped and utilised. Opens Sunday 3rd August.
Created by retired nurseryman and photographer John Bent, Weeping Ash is a garden of year-round interest with a beautiful display of early snowdrops. Broad sweeps of colour lend elegance to this stunning garden which is much larger than it initially seems with hidden paths and wooded areas creating a sense of natural growth. Opens Sunday 3rd and 10th August.
A large garden in Manchester with borders full of woodland jungle plants. Mature bamboos, inc a magnificent Borinda papyrifera, large palm trees and a collection of rare, hardy plants from around the world inc a number of hardy Schefflera plants. Opens Saturday 16th August.
A magical ½ acre garden in a rural setting with open views to the surrounding countryside. Oriental themed stroll garden with wildlife ponds and moongate. Herbaceous borders and woodland walk. Raised beds with vegetables and cut flowers. Small flower meadow, fruit trees, greenhouse, wormery and bug pad. Various seating areas. Fairies, a scarecrow and an angel live here. Secret garden under development. Opens Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August.
A tropical style new build garden around 3 sides of the house. With lots of unusual lush exotic style plants, such as bananas, palm trees, cannas, gingers, tree ferns and a massive tetrapanax. New plants and beds added for 2025. Many of the unusual plants available for sale. The garden is located next to the Leeds Liverpool canal. Opens Saturday 20th and Sunday 31st August.
Four very distinctive Liverpool gardens, one full of rare exotics, cacti, bamboo and tropical plants with a pond and stream running through. A small tree fringed town garden with a wildlife pond and a fish pond, borders packed full of wildflowers and perennials in shades of blues and pinks all grown in home-made compost. Joining them is a terraced town garden with outdoor rooms for socialising and relaxing, containing of an ever changing, orchestrated, planting pallet. Finally, a community space that has been transformed from a concrete wasteland into a vibrant community gardening space will be opening on both dates. Opens Sunday 31st August.
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