Gardens open in Shropshire this week

Gardens for the National Gardens Scheme open this week

HM the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend is almost upon us and we have a wonderful selection of gardens for you to enjoy over the weekend.   We begin with THE GARDENER'S LODGE, 2 Roseway, Wellington TF1 1JA which is opening on Friday 3rd June from 10 am to 4.30 pm.  £5 for adults.  1.5 m from J7 of the M54.  B5061 Holyhead Rd, 2nd L after NT 'Sunnycroft'. Cream house on corner of New Church Road and Roseway. There was just one tree in the garden when the current owner purchased The Gardener's Lodge, the ground having been cleared, ready to sell as a building plot. However the owner had other plans for it: the garden is now eclectically divided, arranged and planted into areas: Mediterranean, Cottage, Indian etc but, seamlessly, each section merges and leads into the next developing idea.  Read more about Amanda's very special garden here Refreshments available. CRUCKFIELD HOUSE, Shoothill, Ford, SY5 9NR opens on Saturday 4th June from 2 - 5 pm  £6 for adults.   5m W of Shrewsbury.  A458 from Shrewsbury, turn L towards Shoothill. An artist's romantic 3 acre garden, formally designed, informally and intensively planted with a great variety of unusual herbaceous plants. Nick's garden, with many species trees, shrubs and wildflower meadow, surrounds a large pond with bog and moisture-loving plants. Ornamental kitchen garden. Rose and peony walk. Courtyard fountain garden, large shrubbery and extensive clematis collection Extensive topiary, and lily pond. Home made teas sold in aid of Royal Shrewsbury Hospital League of Friends Also open on Saturday 4th June and again on Sunday 5th June from 11am to 5 pm each day is KINTON GROVE, Kinton SY4 1AZ.  £5 for adults.  Off A5 between Shrewsbury & Oswestry, approx 1m from Nesscliffe.  Coming from Shrewsbury to Oswestry on the A5, take the 3rd exit off the Wolfshead r'about (at the end of the Nesscliffe bypass) & follow directions to Kinton, approx 1m. A garden of ¾ acre surrounding a Georgian house. The garden features well-filled herbaceous borders, roses, a gravel area, raised vegetable beds, and a wide range of interesting trees and shrubs. Hedges, inc some as old as the house, divide up the garden. Lovely views across the Breidden hills and plenty of pleasant places to sit, whilst enjoying cream tea and cakes.  Wheelchair access is possible but the paths are narrow and uneven. Home made teas On Sunday 5th June there is an opportunity to visit the popular garden at 2 SCHOOL COTTAGES, Hook-a-Gate, Shrewsbury, SY5 8BQ, open from 12 noon to 4.30 pm.  £5 for adults.  From B4380 Roman Rd in Shrewsbury by cemetery take the Longden Rd island. 1.8m past schools continue to the village of Hook-a-Gate. Garden is on L past Hill Side Nursery. Parking at Nursery. Delights and surprises at every turn and a little oriental mystic. Interest as soon as you enter the property, from little nooks and crannies to fabulous views towards Wales. Combination of sunken garden, borders galore and numerous water features. Woodland walk and specimen trees. Self sufficient veg, fruit, pigs and chickens all in a 3 acre site on an incline. Alterations since 2019.  The garden has been featured in the Shropshire Star, My Shrewsbury and Shropshire Magazine. Refreshments available. Last but by no means least, with a rich and fascinating history,  BROADWARD HALL, Clungunford, Craven Arms, SY7 0QA is open from 2 - 6 pm on Sunday  5th June.  £6 for adults  5m from Craven Arms; 9m from Ludlow on A49. Turn off nr Ludlow Food Centre thru Bromfield. Follow rd towards Leintwardine. Just before Leintwardine turn R towards Clungunford before S bend in rd, turn L, cont along lane, over small stone bridge; Gate lodge on L. Much altered in the C19, Broadward Hall has a Regency Gothic appearance. An earlier dwelling is recorded in a deed of the 1650's. In 1672, the hearth tax records Broadward Hall had 7 hearths - more than any other house in the area apart from Abcott Manor. The Broadward Hall Estate is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Visitors may tour the gardens with wide lawns and extensive and well-established herbaceous borders and see the first stage of the restoration of the Victorian Walled Garden. A short walk across fields, visitors may visit the Victorian Pump House, restored with a grant from DEFRA., where a Bronze Age Hoard was discovered in the mid-19th century during the construction. These finds are now in the British Museum. Other areas of interest include the magnificent, giant sequoia trees which line an early 19th. Century archery walk. Teas will be served in the elegant Music Room and on the terrace overlooking the lawn and with distant views to the hills. Plant stall with interesting and unusual plants. The nearby church of St. Cuthbert in Clungunford will be open, where there is a memorial to the Bayley family who lived at Broadward Hall in the 17th. century. Home made teas.   Disabled access to Music Room via a concrete ramp, disabled WC. More dates for your diary: Saturday 11th June: RUTHALL MANOR, Ditton Priors, WV16 6TN 12.30 - 5 pm WINDY RIDGE, Church Lane, Little Wenlock TF6 5BB 12 - 5 pm Sunday 12th June: GROOM'S COTTAGE, Waters Upton, Telford TF6 6NP 11 am - 4 pm WINDY RIDGE, Church Lane, Little Wenlock TF6 5BB 12 - 5 pm RUTHALL MANOR, Ditton Priors, WV16 6TN 12.30 - 5 pm THE MOUNT, Bull Lane, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5DA 1 - 5.30 pm SUNNINGDALE, 9 Mill Street, Wem, SY4 5ED   For more details of these gardens, please go to:   https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/ Children are admitted free to all Shropshire gardens What better way to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee  than to host a garden party for friends, family and neighbours?   We're inviting everyone, it doesn't matter whether your garden is large or small, tidy or untidy – it's a place for enjoyment.  This celebratory event gives us all an opportunity to share our gardens whilst raising funds for vital nursing and health charities.  Your garden party could be afternoon tea and cakes, prosecco by candlelight, a coffee morning and book swap or even a plant and produce sale by the front gates – the choice is yours and everyone can get involved.  Find out more here.