Biddulph Grange Gardens is a National Trust property to the north of Staffordshire. Last weekend we made our first visit of the year to see what they were like at this time. We were quite impressed with the amount of work they had put in with much of the winter mess cleared and a lot of bulbs planted within the gardens. Further out the grounds were well maintained although a few areas were out of bounds – not surprising given the winter weather. Here are a few photos I took on this visit.
This first image shows the large pond near to where you enter the gardens. As you can see, it was a clear, sunny, winter day:
Apparently Biddulph Grange was the first garden to have a Stumpery – this is a view of part of one:
This is a view across some of the gardens showing the grange itself – quite an impressive building. Unfortunately the National Trust doesn’t have access to most of the house but has tea rooms and facilities at the other end:
This is the ‘Cheshire Cottage’ within the grounds – quite an attractive little building,with a good view from the upper windows in the right conditions:
There are some impressive rockeries within the grounds – this one had a small stream running through it starting with a small (2-3feet high!) waterfall – quite picturesque
