National Gardening Week

National Gardening Week takes place from 27 April to 3 May, It was founded in the early 1980s and is the UK’s biggest celebration of gardening. It is all about sharing your passion for plants and is a time to celebrate gardening and encourages you to spend time in your own garden, your families garden, community spaces or gardens like The Model Village Garden.

Over the last 30 years we have slowly built a collection of conifers and shrubs that are the envy of many. Our conifer and shrub collection now totals over 3000 specimens, many of which have been carefully pruned using the niwaki (Japanese term for highly sculpted trees) approach.  

As with the Japanese tradition we have concentrated on using a chosen range of trees sculpting them individually, for maximum effect, to create the right atmosphere to offset the models

The garden is landscaped to provide a back drop to the model houses but in doing so we have created an outstanding experience for gardeners. If you can appreciate the hours of work it takes to attend to the conifers and shrubs we have growing here you will LOVE this place.

The RHS are also encouraging people to get curious in the garden by slowing down, looking closer and discovering the small wonders that bring outdoor spaces to life. Our garden is full of small wonders and why not consider visiting us to help celebrate National Gardening week.