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The beautifully-designed Greater Manchester garden which is completely free to visit

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Tucked away off Marsland Road in Sale is one of Greater Manchester’s horticultural hidden gems. Walkden Gardens occupies a small patch of land, yet it manages to pack a lot in with several ‘rooms’ waiting to be explored.

Visitors can take a stroll through the magnificent wisteria arch, which is over 70ft long, and drowns out any traffic noise from the surrounding area.

A wander around reveals a fuchsia garden, a mini-arboretum and a conifer garden, all containing different plants and creating the feeling of being in a much larger space.

Owned by Trafford Council, who maintain the park alongside the Friends Group, made up of volunteers, Walkden Gardens is named after Harry Walkden, who owned a plant nursery at the current site.

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