Reviews of Alnwick Garden

Such grand designs and expectations and yet ...in such a mean space, wholly undersized for what has been built.
As the summary comments 'the scale is not well judged - it is too small to be awe-inspiring and too-large to be charming' One visits with much anticipation of viewing a grand scheme and in a way it is ! But something about it is wrong. You see lots of walling around the water cascade and the fountains are both vertical and semi horizontal so they sort of argue visually. Basically there is a lot of great stuff but squashed into too smaller space to make it elegant. Beyond the top of the Cascade is a pleasant arrangement of beds with roses, herbaceous and water features in the second walled garden, but it is still too intense..they should check out Mottisfont walled garden-it seems to be more restful and.... English.
It is a shame to knock the place and what has been done..it is all very exciting and grand ,but in too smaller space so it ends up being ungrand.

(4.0/5)