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Westonbury Mill Water Gardens

Wacky and wonderful watery garden of Richard Pim, retired hydrogeologist and folly enthusiast set in the fertile farmland of north-west Herefordshire, a world away from the barren places in which Richard spent his working life bringing water to arid landscapes. In the 1960s he wrote a letter to a friend from the Libyan desert with a postscript saying ‘if you ever find a water meadow, with a brook and an old mill, buy it for me’. Westonbury Mill is the result of that scribbled request and now boasts two acres of water-loving plants surrounding a sequence of distinctive follies including a water powered cuckoo clock and a shady igloo made of empty wine bottles. Fun and great horticulture in one splendid package.

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Dome constructed using thousands of glass bottles. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
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
Dome constructed using thousands of glass bottles. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
African inspired thatched hut surrounded by moisture loving plants including candelabra primulas, irises and rodgersias. West...
African inspired thatched hut surrounded by moisture loving plants including candelabra primulas, aruncus, irises, rodgersias...
Pergola clothed with white wisteria. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Lake with bottle dome beyond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Lake with bottle dome beyond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshire, UK
Old mill house. 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 pond framed by plants including irises, rodgersias, ragged robins and tall willows. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembri...
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, Pemb...
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. Westonbur...
Mill house surrounded by clumps of vibrantly coloured irises catching early morning sun. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembri...
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the ...
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the ...
Vibrant clumps of moisture loving plants, yellow and blue irises and deep red Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'. Westonbury Mi...
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 b...
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. Westonbur...
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 ...
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the ...
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, Pem...
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 b...
Dome structure made of thousands of bottles seen beyond lake and Iris pseudacorus var. bastardii. Westonbury Mill Water Garde...
Viewing tower under construction seen beyond lake with flowering rheums in foreground. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridg...
Dome structure made from thousands of bottles, with countryside beyond. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembridge, Herefordshir...
Old mill house seen across mounds of moisture loving plants including Iris pseudacorus and golden Carex elata 'Aurea'. Weston...
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature with Iris sibirica in foreground. A simple belt and trough system ...
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature with Iris sibirica in foreground. A simple belt and trough system ...
Dome structure constructed using empty bottles, with white Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest' in foreground. Westonbury Mill W...
Dome structure constructed using empty bottles, with white Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest' in foreground. Westonbury Mill W...
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 ...
Stone dovecot that operates as a spectacular water feature as well. A simple belt and trough system scoops water up from the ...
Mill pond framed by plants including irises, rodgersias, ragged robins and tall willows. Westonbury Mill Water Garden, Pembri...
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