On the Friday D and I visited Stockton Bury Gardens which are a delight at any time of the year. They are not too large which meant I could hobble round them with my cellulitis!
An old farm implement
Stockton Bury Gardens have been created over the last 35 years by the owner Raymond Treasure, with help from 1984, by gardener Gordon Fenn who had been Head Gardener at Hereford Cathedral. In 2015 Tamsin Westhope, a gardening magazine editor, came to help at the gardens.
The gardens opened to the public in 1985.
The kitchen garden has vegetable beds, fruit trees and a greenhouse on one side and herbaceous borders on the other.
Then into the Dingle which was created from an old quarry.
The three bells at the end of the barn are rung every hour. There is a history of bell ringing at Stockton Bury and in the past they were rung at 6 am to summon the farm workers.
A new species for the 2026 Wild Plant Challenge - Maidenhair Spleenwort. We also added Meadow Buttercup and Dog Roses.
The Pigeon House Garden which houses a Grade II listed medieval dovecote with 51 opening holes and a revolving ladder.
We didn't visit the Spring garden at the side of the house because by now my feet and ankles had had enough so we visited the Tythe Barn cafe housed in a Grade II listed C15th barn for lunch. I had lemon polenta cake which I have had there before and is delicious. D had a healthier option which was really tasty - red onion and cheese panini with coleslaw and salad.
On the way back we stopped off at B and Q in Leominster as D wanted to buy some compost. He also bought some mint to plant at the caravan and I treated myself to a dahlia.
On the Saturday D and I visited a Plant Fair in Leominster and I will write about that in Part 3.
Photos taken by me with the Panasonic Lumix FZ330 bridge camera and those marked *D taken by my son with the Canon SX50HS bridge camera. (I don't particularly rate my photos but if anyone wishes to use one of mine or my son's I would be grateful for an email first - thanks).
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