Full of beautiful photos, illustrations, plans, and more, this book is a journey through the history of not only the RHS Garden Bridgewater but its context and the communities it has and continues to impact. With satellite stories on garden shapers and more, it gives a 360 of all this garden has endured and how it’s been transformed. It is inspiring in both garden and human terms!

Wonderful look at Bridgewater garden.Absolutely stunning photography really enjoyed the story of how the gardens were planned grown.#netgalley #quartobooks

Interesting read! I did find the fonts for some parts a little small but nevertheless a fascinating book with beautiful & Stunning Photographs of Bridgewater.
(Thanks to Net Galley for this Gorgeous Book).

This is a stunning and comprehensive book about the many gardens and the rich history of Bridgewater. I really didn’t expect this level of depth into the many people tied to this site over the past hundreds of years and the work going into it now.

This will be a treasured book for anyone who loves gardens or history. I also love that they focus so much on sustainability and that the book profiles the staff and volunteers who have made these gardens the treasures that they are and not just the rich families who originally owned the land.

I read a temporary digital arc of this book via NetGalley.

I’ve heard positive things about the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Bridgewater for the last year or so, but haven’t as yet had the opportunity to visit. So, I jumped at the change to get an ARC from NetGalley and the publishers, Quarto Publishing Group, of the RHS Garden Bridgewater book in exchange for providing an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The book provides a comprehensive history resulting in the decline and demolition of Worsley New Hall house - right up to the RHS stepping in to renovate the 156 acre gardens and opening them as RHS Garden Bridgewater. The book includes lovely photographs of the the surviving buildings including the Bothy, Garden Cottage and Walled Garden and photographs chronicling the gardens being brought back to life. There are stunning close up photographs of plants and also photographs of the different gardens and aerial shots of the gardens which really showcase the size and scale of the gardens.

There’s also a focus on the one thousand volunteers who helped clear, create and now manage the gardens and there are lovely ‘memories’ of locals and volunteers.

This is a must-read for anyone interested in gardening or visiting gardens.

Gorgeous pictures, the story of how a garden came into being thanks to the people who worked to create it.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

OK, now I really want to visit this garden. Picked up this book figuring it would have some nice pictures and I might get some inspiration for my (much smaller) garden project. But it's so much more than the (admittedly very nice) photography. Covers the garden's history (both the facts and some lovely personal anecdotes and memories of the site), plant information, notes on wildlife (including a note on a helpful "crumble test" to tell bat poo from rodent poo!), gardening and design notes. The latter third covers each part of the garden and its architects, and does a great job of acknowledging both the designers and the workers and volunteers that made its realization possible.

This is a fantastic insight into how RHS Bridgewater was developed and the love, sweat and genuine hard work that has gone into it, and that is still ongoing in this northern jewel of a garden. Using vibrant coloured photographs and intriguing text, the reader feels compelled to visit. Well done to all involved.

Visually this title is extremely appealing with wonderful photos of the gardens, different plants, buildings, and profiles, including volunteers.

This is in depth and goes into the history of Bridgewater, the issues faced, the buildings throughout, the gardens themselves, as well as the plants inhabiting the gardens.

This was such an enjoyable and informative read.

A very interesting read. It’s not something I usually pick up nor is it something that I find myself reading too often but I still liked this! Highly recommend.

What a beautiful book! It was lovely to find out the history behind the gardens as well as what happens now, some stunning photography as well as getting to meet the wonderful people who keep the place looking incredible!

I got this book just for the photos so I could see whether it’s worth me signing up to a RHS membership, and going to visit this site, and it did make me do this, so it fulfilled its purpose for me. There was quite a bit of explanation as to how they got the garden and did what they did with it, but I must admit, I only scan read that so can’t comment on my thoughts on that. The pictures are good, and make the garden look like a good place to visit