Victorian Stumperies

With a little bit of thinking and research over the winter months, the Flower Garden team have come up with an ingenious planting idea to use the very dank and dark bed on the north end of the garden - a stumpery! Stumperies were a Victorian development to allow the imaginitive display of ferns outside. Ferns were a particular Victorian passion, more usually displayed in specially designed glasshouses. Not only will this bed be a lovely and creative use of an otherwise difficult area, tree stumps make an excellent wildlife habitat, especially for those species that love rotting wood. We are hoping to encourage some stag beetles to take up residence!