When I started this blog 7 years ago I added to my map of my quest a layer of 'Monkey Puzzle Trees I've Yet To See', one of those was Biddulph Grange garden in Staffordshire. What is unusual about their gardens is that they use 4 juvenile Monkey Puzzle trees in their formal planting scheme. The four trees in the quarter beds of the Monkey Puzzle parterre are dug up and moved after 10 – 12 years. Their new home is in the woodland creating a rare site in the UK - a Monkey Puzzle forest.
So I was rather excited that we were able to get tickets to visit the gardens whilst we were in the Peak District. The experience was as good as I could hope for, as not only were there a number of mature trees I had the amazing experience of one of the giants dropping to Monkey Puzzle nuts onto my head as we walked underneath it! In total we counted 16 trees, including the 4 juvenile trees.
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| 'Monkey Puzzle Trees I've Yet To See' |
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| A Present From The Biddulph Grange Trees |
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| Biddulph Grange 1 |
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| Biddulph Grange 2 |
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| Biddulph Grange 3 |
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| Biddulph Grange 4 |
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| Biddulph Grange 5 |
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| Biddulph Grange 6 |
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| Biddulph Grange 7 |
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| Biddulph Grange 8 |
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| Biddulph Grange 9 |
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| Biddulph Grange 10 |
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| Biddulph Grange 11 |
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| Biddulph Grange 12 |
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| Biddulph Grange 13 |
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| Biddulph Grange 14 |
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| Biddulph Grange 15 |
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| Biddulph Grange 16 |
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| Biddulph Grange 17 |
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| Biddulph Grange 18 |
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| Biddulph Grange 19 |
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| Biddulph Grange 20 |
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| Biddulph Grange 21 |
