On a recent trip to the National Trust's Styal Mill we visited the newly restored gardens. After working our way through the fascinating Mill, full of historic working machinery and packed with information, the grounds offer a lovely contrast and look.
Nestled in a steep valley, not far from Manchester Airport, the terraced garden has a formal garden, a walled garden and a woodland walk. Here is some of what we saw:
A lovely mix of pale green Gladioli, Allium Christophii seed heads, pale yellow Achillea
and Astors.
Lilium 'Red Velvet' and purple Hemerocallis
Eryngium 'Miss Willmott's Ghost and Echinops just waiting to burst forth.
I would recommend a trip to Styal, there is lots to do and see for all the family and plenty of space for picnics and running about.
If you want to catch a look at what the Mill used to look like in it's heyday, it features in the Channel 4 production of The Mill, airing on Sundays at the moment. Mind you, the programme seems determined to uphold the 'It's grim up North' saying, and Styal is anything but grim now!
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