A Stunning contemporary sculpture garden

Through my garden reviews I am attempting to highlight how exciting modern garden making is in Great Britain RIGHT NOW ! I am astonished at how many people have commented both at talks and through social media such as Twitter and Facebook, at how dreary an uninspiring British gardens are. My reply is very simple..'Get yourself an NGS Yellow Book...and get out there and visit'...exciting times.

Mitton Manor, in glorious Staffordshire is one such a garden. Hardly fifteen years old and developed from an overgrown wilderness, this 7-acre garden is a true revelation ! Surrounding a Victorian manor, hence the name (!) this contemporary garden excites and inspires. Not only for the fantastic plants-manship shown, the masterful transitions from restraint and formality to natural woodland and magnificent prairie planting, but also for the superbly placed modern sculpture that surprises and delights at every turn. One of the most exciting gardens I discovered last summer, of which there were many (Over 120at last count)and certainly one that should be better known.

GET OUT THERE AND DISCOVER !!

Mitton,  Penkridge,  Stafford,  Staffordshire