Mt Pleasant Gardens

Our afternoon garden visit was another drive through pleasant villages with lovely old brick houses, some with thatched roofs and others tiled. The old age of 'England being a green and pleasant land' is certainly true around this area. Narrow roads though,not sure how the bus driver copes.
We eventually arrived at Mount Pleasant Gardens in Kelsall, close to the Delaware Forest and fifteen minutes from Chester. Took a lot longer to inch our way back in rush hour traffic to Chester on a Friday night.
This was an interesting garden in a number of ways.
It was a young garden,twenty years in the making and set up by the current owners on ten acres of land. It is a sculpture park and the owner also sells Christmas trees so it is a lifestyle garden.
It had the 'wow' factor as the photos of the wild meadow show. We walked through this area before the rain struck and it is a mix of wildflowers but yellow is the dominant colour now, it was red poppies a month ago according to the owner who took us on a tour of the garden  and described the evolving nature of the place. He had built most of the structures and done the landscaping himself.
It was undisciplined. There did not seem to have a rhyme or reason to the plantings. I guess it lacked cohesion but that may be because we have got used to more formal designs.They certainly had a lot of plants on show and much was healthy enough but it would have benefitted from a plan leading you through the various areas. I liked the Japanese Garden. I thought that was well done and the area around the house with th pond was attractive.
The sculptures,these were varied and added some drama to the overall garden. They were for sale so no doubt the landscape would change over time.
There were some notable trees which have been grown from cuttings but the redwoods are going to dwarf the house and garden in time so selecting trees for suitability to size has been an issue. There are lots of Monkey puzzle trees too which will cause a few issues as they grow.
Anyway it was an interesting visit and the wild flower meadow was a highlight for me.Magic.
We had a cup of tea here before departing for Chester . The minute we set off the skies opened. How lucky were we. It had been spitting on and off during the day but not coming to much,now is the hour and it is still raining. Hopefully by the time we leave tomorrow it may have cleared up and the sun may shine......