The Mill Garden

The Mill Garden is a private garden measuring half an acre open to the public and situated on the bank of the River Avon in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.cite news |title= Green-fingered legacies |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65788631.html |publisher= "Birmingham Post" | first= Marsya|last=Lennox | |date= October 6, 2000 ] It is owned by Julia Measures, whose family has owned the gardens since 1938 and whose father Arthur worked on it for 60 years.cite news |title= Mill Gardens' magnificence will endure |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-77125901.html |publisher= "Coventry Evening Telegraph" | first= Ann |last=Evans |date= August 11, 2001 ] cite news |title= Death of Charity Gardener. |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60238873.html |publisher= "Birmingham Evening Mail" |date= September 21, 1999 ] Its informal planting to highlight picturesque river views (and views of Warwick Castle in who's shadow it stands) has made this garden renowned among the United Kingdom's garden enthusiasts. The garden once stood by the bridge carried most of the traffic to Warwick over the River Avon but the bridge now lies in ruins. Also when the castle was being constructed the garden was often used as a stonemasons yard. It is not uncommon to see swans nesting near the garden.cite news |title= Warwick Parks and Gardens |url=http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/Corporate/pages.nsf/Links/B4315E78A941E3318025703500334CBD/$file/Warwick+Parks+and+Gardens++Leaflet+2007.pdf |publisher= "Warwickshire Country Council" |date= accessed April 11, 2008|format=PDF ]

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* [http://www.gatewaygardenstrust.org/fe/master.asp?n1=215&n2=64&n3=74&n4=140 Gateway Gardens Trust profile]