Green spaces set to open for garden scheme
Green spaces bursting with colour are opening to the public as part of the National Open Garden Scheme.
Wonderful spots filled with colourful plants will be unveiled this weekend.
People visiting Staffordshire can feast their eyes upon three gardens.
A suburban garden in Stafford, over seven years in the making, will display stunning azaleas and rhododendrons.
The flowers create a peaceful place to sit and enjoy the colourful view.
The Beeches, Rochester, features two-thirds of an acre garden with countryside views.
It features shrubs, rhododendrons and azaleas, as well as vibrant colour-themed herbaceous borders and roses.
Fruit trees, climbing plants, late flowering perennials, vegetables and bulbs, hellebores complete the scenic display.
A two-acre garden set in the backdrop of a Grade II-listed house will also be on full display.
The Old Dairy House on Trentham Park, Stoke-on-Trent, showcases rhododendrons, azaleas, hosta and a collection of ferns.
Mature trees, narrow brick paths, and a large courtyard area are also at the site.
In the West Midlands, a stunning garden in between Birmingham and Coventry will be open this weekend.
The green space at Packington Hall, Meriden, features 100 acres of parkland which sweeps down to a lake – and a 1762 Japanese bridge.
Rhododendrons and azaleas are showcased, along with the Millennium Rose Garden which reveals old fashioned roses complete with flowers, hips and haws.
Refreshments are also served at the green spot.
People visiting Shropshire will be able to feast their eyes upon three colourful gardens.
The Gardeners Lodge, Telford, is a tranquil and theraputic spot – featuring an array of colourful plants, with the garden split into different sections.
The ground was already cleared, ready to sell as a building plot, before the current owners purchased the land – transforming it into the vibrant spot.
A half-acre town garden, situated in the heart of Wem, will also be unveiled to the public.
The 1911 house boasts a koi pond and natural stone waterfall rockery, large perennial borders, a collection of ferns and grasses, climbers and roses.
The Sunningdale green space is home to frogs, newts, dragonflies, solitary bees and field mice.
An arboretum, planted by Lord Clive of India's son, Edward, will also open this weekend.
Walcot Hall, Lydbury North, features azaleas, trees and pools – as well as views of Sir William Chambers' Clock Towers, with lake and hills beyond.
It also features relaxed borders and rare shrubs, a water garden, and cascades of rhododendrons and azaleas.
Panel:
22 Greenfield Road, Stafford, ST17 0PU
Opening: Friday between 6.30pm to 9pm, Saturday between 11.30am to 4.30pm.
Entry: £5 for adults. Youngsters go free.
The Beeches, Rocester, ST14 5JX
Opening: Sunday, 1.30pm to 5pm.
Entry: £4 for adults. Youngsters go free.
The Old Dairy House, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8AE
Opening: Sunday, 1pm to 4.30pm.
Entry: £3 for adults. Youngsters go free.
Packington Hall, Meriden, CV7 7HF
Opening: Sunday, 2pm to 5pm.
Entry: £5.50 for adults. Youngsters go free.
The Gardeners Lodge, Telford, TF1 1JA
Opening: Sunday, 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Entry: £4 for adults. Youngsters go free.
Sunningdale, Wem, SY4 5ED
Opening: Sunday, 11am to 4pm
Entry: £3 for adults. Youngsters go free.
Walcot Hall, Lydbury North, SY7 8AZ
Opening: Sunday, 1.30pm to 5.30pm.
Entry: £5 for adults. Youngsters go free.
