RHS Garden Bridgewater
In Brief. The RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Garden Bridgewater is a modern take on a walled garden and parkland, with imposing visitor facilities. The Bridgewater Garden is based in the grounds of the now demolished Worsley New Hall, and is renovating and reinterpreting parts of these grounds, including a lake and the walled gardens. There are three main facets to the site: a walled garden including a kitchen garden and a "paradise garden", the wider parkland that includes some themed gardens and woodland, and the visitor centre, with shops, a cafe and a garden centre. What's not to like about the development of a modern garden in a neglected historic site? Alas, having now been twice, I find it a bit soulless; there certainly wasn't much colour on either visit, and even with the guide book to try to bring out the concept on my second trip, the overall project perhaps seems a little worthy but dull. Not as refreshing, for example, as Biddulph Grange . Water featu...