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Westonbury Mill Water Gardens, Herefordshire

Beautiful, watery garden in the Welsh Marches near Pembridge, created over the last 17 years by Richard Pim, a retired hydro-geologist. As well as a feast of water and bog plants the garden boasts a number of follies including a stone tower with spouting gargoyles powered by a water wheel, a dome constructed from 5,000 empty wine bottles, and the world's largest water powered cuckoo clock housed in an oak tower. Idiosyncratic and wonderful!

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Richard Pim, owner and creator of the garden. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Canal edged with Darmera peltata on the garden boundary with fields stretching out around. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Pond edged with cobbles and ferns. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Mill house seen across area of moisture loving plants including irises, flowering rush, rodgersias and zebra grass. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Mill house surrounded by clumps of vibrantly coloured irises catching early morning sun. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Vibrant clumps of moisture loving plants, yellow and blue irises and deep red Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
View of mill house framed with variegated cornus. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Bases of glass bottles set in cement forming a domed shelter. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Bases of glass bottles set in cement forming a domed shelter. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Bases of glass bottles set in cement forming a domed shelter. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Dove perched on gargoyle on dovecot/water tower. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Dove perched on gargoyle on dovecot/water tower. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Lake edged with hostas and primulas contains small rowing boat below a weeping willow tree, with dome shelter made of glass bottles beyond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
View of garden framed by thatched African style hut. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Viewing tower under construction seen beyond lake with flowering rheums and wisteria covered pergola in foreground. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Viewing tower under construction seen beyond lake. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Woven willow tunnel. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Dove perched on gargoyle on dovecot/water tower. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Lake edged with hostas and primulas contains small rowing boat below a weeping willow tree. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Pergola covered with white wisteria. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Lake edged with hostas and primulas contains small rowing boat below a weeping willow tree, with dome shelter made of glass bottles beyond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Dome structure made of thousands of bottles seen beyond lake and Iris pseudacorus var. bastardii. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Viewing tower under construction seen beyond lake with flowering rheums in foreground. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Dome structure made from thousands of bottles, with countryside beyond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Old mill house seen across mounds of moisture loving plants including Iris pseudacorus and golden Carex elata 'Aurea'. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature with Iris sibirica in foreground. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature with Iris sibirica in foreground. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Dome structure constructed using empty bottles, with white Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest' in foreground. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Dome structure constructed using empty bottles, with white Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest' in foreground. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Many old willows dot the surrounding fields. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Conservatory on the old mill house framed by laburnum. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Mill pond framed by plants including irises, rodgersias, ragged robins and tall willows. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Mill pond framed by plants including irises, rodgersias, ragged robins and tall willows. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Clump of deep red Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' in foreground. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Water channel running through the garden edged with ligularias, primulas and darmera, as well as willows. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Lake edged with hostas, primulas and pale Iris pseudacorus var. bastardii contains small rowing boat below a weeping willow tree. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Woven living willow tunnel. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Detail of carved heads on stone dovecot. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the mill leat into a tank which, when full spouts throught the open mouth of a gargoyle back into the mill pond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Detail of dome constructed using thousands of glass bottles. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Detail of dome constructed using thousands of glass bottles. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Detail of dome constructed using thousands of glass bottles. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Detail of dome constructed using thousands of glass bottles. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Detail of dome constructed using thousands of glass bottles. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
all images copyright Carole Drake