Monday, May 28, 2012

Biddulph Grange Garden

The Biddulph Grange Garden, located in Biddulph, Staffordshire, England, is a Victorian garden created by James Bateman in the 1840s. Bateman was an avid collector of plants from around the world. He built the gardens to feature his impressive collection. Visitors will take a global journey from Italy, to Egypt, to Scotland, to China.
In addition to the international gardens, there are beautiful rose gardens, a topiary garden with rocks and tunnels that children absolutely love, a cherry orchard, and gardens with rhododendrons and azaleas which are simply spectacular in the spring.
The gardens are open daily from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Admission for adults is 7.35 Britsih pounds. Admission for chldren is 3.70 British pounds.

14 comments:

  1. It's absolutely amazing how gardens can be so versatile. I truly enjoy mixing up the different types of foliage and sizes of plants in my garden. It's nice to see the contrast between formal and informal gardens too.

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    1. Yes. This praticular garden has a lot of contrasts. I love the Japanese garden!

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  2. what a cool idea to make the shapes cut into the grass areas--and tunnels, what kid wouldn't love this!

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    1. I think even the adults enjoy all the tunnels!

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  3. I would love to go to England to see their gardens. This looks so beautiful.

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    1. England has some beautiful gardens. I think you could take a vacation just touring all of them.

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  4. I'm speechless. Absolutely lovely. Great pics and thanks for the post

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    1. This is a really beautiful garden. Glad you enjoyed the post.

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  5. holy crap, I don't think we have anything that nice in the whole continental US

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    1. LOL. We do, but you have to look a little harder. In England, gardens like this are everywhere.

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  6. On our next visit, I may drop in ... Thanks for the pointer!

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    1. I hope you get to see this. It's really beautiful!

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  7. My god, this one is dreamy. Snippets of the world inside of a garden, that is how it should be!

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