| In Benthall, 1 mile north-west of Broseley on B4375, 1 mile south-west of Ironbridge Owned by the National Trust, the Hall a 16th century stone house with a charming old garden. Once the home of George Maw, one of England's foremost botanists and plant collectors,who filled the garden with the rare bulbs and alpines he brought back from plant-hunting expeditions. more information |
| 2 miles south of Woore, 3 miles from Bridgemere These gardens are a memorial to Dorothy Clive .Dorothy's husband, Colonel Clive, began the garden so that she could enjoy walks around their property. Features include a quarry with a waterfall, flower borders and a scree and water garden. more information |
| At Marchamley, 1 mile north of Hodnet on A442 Hawkstone Hall is a splendid Grade I listed mansion owned by the Redemptorists who use the building as a pastoral centre. Terraces, lawns, Courtyard Garden and a Winter Garden, as well as Victorian Rose gardens in front of a lily-pool. Woodland walks. more information |
| 12 miles north-east of Shrewsbury off A49 Hawkstone Park is a fantasy world of follies and walks created in the 18th century, hidden paths, secret tunnels and concealed grottos.Features include the White tower, the Red Castle, a death-defying Swiss Bridge, an Indian rock passage, the magnificent Serpentine Tunnel and Gingerbread Hall. Lots of steps and precipious edges. more information |
| Hodnet, near Market Drayton, on A53, garden signposted from centre of Hodnet Hodnet Hall was built in neo-Elizabethan style in 1870 high above a marshy bog. In 1922 A.G.W. Heber-Percy started the gardens, digging lakes and pools from the marshes. Features lakes, 60 acre garden, park, woodland walk. more information |
| In Church Preen village, 7 miles north-east of Church Stretton A Cluniac monastery was established here in 1150, the 6 acre garden has been created amongst the ruined walls of the monastery and the ruins of a Norman Shaw manor. Features a yew tree, said to be the oldest in Europe. more information |
| 14 miles north-east of Shrewsbury off A53 between Hodnet and Market Drayton The garden at Wollerton was by Lesley and John Jenkins. This three-acre plantsman's garden was laid out around the hall (not open to the public). Planting has been experimental and the gardens combine formal design with intense cultivation of perennials, roses and clematis. more information |
