2001 - bradstone's grotto garden

Bradstone’s designer Alan Sargent has designed a traditional folly garden to show just how well Bradstone products combine in harmony with nature.

 

Bradstone’s aim for the Grotto Garden is to show what can be achieved when Bradstone products are used to complement the use of natural stone and boulders in a garden setting.

 

The whole garden, whilst being a folly, aims to offer simple and workable ideas and designs for gardeners to take away and recreate for themselves at home.

 

A striking natural granite grotto is the focal point of the garden, allowing a change of levels to add further interest and movement to the garden, drawing the eye through the patio to the planting and then over the grotto.

 

The predominantly green planting scheme creates a restful and quiet area to relax around the entrance to the grotto, with imposing conifers, specially selected from Italy, giving a secluded feel to the whole garden.

 

“With Bradstone’s Grotto Garden the challenge was to design a spectacular garden for Chelsea whilst showing lots of ideas for the keen gardener to take away and recreate for themselves. This has been achieved using a striking natural granite grotto as the focal point of the garden and a predominantly green planting scheme together with Bradstone products to create a restful and quiet area to relax, with imposing conifers giving a secluded feel to the whole garden.”

Madoc Walling, Weathered Cotswold

Decorative Aggregates, Forest Green and Green Granite Rockery

Feature and rockery stone from Bardon Aggregates' Bardon Hill quarry