Bantock House - The Gardens

Gardening was one of Baldwin Bantock's greatest passions. He won many prizes for the begonias he grew in his greenhouse, and also redesigned the gardens that surround the house. His style owed a lot to the fashions of the day which focused on natural and informal planting, as practiced by the famous garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll.

Wandering through the gardens today, you can see the different spaces Baldwin created and which have now been restored to his original designs. One of his first projects was to transform the old farmyard at the back of the house into a charming sunken garden called the Dutch Garden.

He also planted the Rose Garden, where you can see an array of beautiful roses with evocative names such as Blythe Spirit, Chapeau de Napoleon and Glamis Castle. The colourful flower borders of the House Garden were designed to provide a cheery view from the house.

The paths and pond of Baldwin Bantock's Woodland Garden have also been restored and now form part of the nature trail around the park.

This BSL signed video is part of a signed guide that Deaf visitors to Bantock House can use to enhance their visit to the house.

Content written by Susannah Stapleton for Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service. Videos produced by Zebra Uno.

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