A leading gardener and floral artist is to open her multi-interest garden on the edge of Cannock Chase on Sunday to raise money for a national charity.
People who decide to pay a visit to Anita Wright’s fine garden at Milford, near Stafford, will get the chance to see the plants she grows for her highly-skilled and beautiful flower arrangements.
Mrs Wright lectures to groups throughout the Midlands and has raised many thousands of pounds for the National Gardens Scheme over the last decade or so.
She uses her garden to show people how to plant up a difficult site with a range of fine trees and shrubs and how to use shade to the best advantage.
Mrs Wright and her husband David have been gardening on the site of the former golf clubhouse for many years and visitors like to see the limestone caves which go under part of her garden.
The garden has acid soil so it is interesting for visitors to see what can be grown in such conditions, and how ferns and hostas thrive in the shadier areas of the garden.
Last year plants were slow to come into flower but this year, with the early spring and summer, the blooms have been well ahead of schedule.
Her garden at Broc Hill Way in Milford is open on Sunday afternoon, as is the large garden at Stanley Hall in Bridgnorth - packed with fine rhododendrons and azaleas and trees.
And Pat Edwards opens her superb garden again at Swallowhayes in Albrighton for the NGS too. Her garden is full of fine trees, shrubs and has wonderful lupins at this time of the year.
The garden on Rectory Road has more than 3,000 plants in it.
By Ken Tudor
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