Flashback Friday #38

September 17, 2021October 6, 2021 / Heyjude / 20 Comments

A post from September 2014 about a rather unusual garden in Herefordshire. A delightful county to explore if you are ever in the West Midlands. This post was a contribution to the lovely Restless Jo’s weekly walks.

Garden Portrait: Westonbury Mill Water Gardens

The Water Tower with Gargoyles

Winding paths through the Bog Garden

The Big Pond

Reflective reeds

Light and Shade

Autumn colour

Summer dying

Cool, shady areas

Butterflies Galore

A folly or two

Bottle Dome

5000 wine bottles…

imitate stained glass

The Blue Monet Bridge

Yellow orb made from a Kniphofia

The Giant Cuckoo Clock

Just a quiet, tranquil space to enjoy the bird song, running water, autumnal light and colours with plenty of benches to sit on and admire the surrounding Herefordshire hills and meadows.

Shade

Autumn berries

Autumn fluffy seed-head

Monarda Squaw

Purple haze

You will find this unusual garden in the beautiful Welsh Marches close to the ‘Black-and-White’ village of Pembridge.

Street: Westonbury Mill
Postcode: HR6 9HZ
City: Pembridge
County: Herefordshire
Country: United Kingdom
Website: Water Gardens

This post is a contribution to Fandango’s Flashback Friday. Have you got a post you wrote in the past on this particular day? The world might be glad to see it – either for the first time – or again if they’re long-time loyal readers.

Friday Fountain Challenge: June

June 11, 2016June 11, 2016 / Heyjude / 15 Comments

One of the more unusual fountains I have come across is in the Water Gardens of Westonbury Mill in Herefordshire. I am claiming the water tower as a fountain because it works on the same basic principle. Water is drawn up to the top and then flows down – in this case forced out – through various openings.