Mill Dene is set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has at least 12 gardens of national if not international importance within a 20 mile radius. Wendy Dare, who used to be the National Gardens Scheme Organiser in the area can arrange garden tours to suit all tastes. Please ask for the Garden Tour leaflet. Blockley is a lovely village, not known to many. It is about 15 miles from Stratford on Avon, half an hour from Cheltenham Races and shopping, and about 30 miles from Oxford.
Good food is available in the village or in any of the villages nearby.
Mill Dene is on the Heart of England Way, one of many lovely walks. Sited in its own steep sided valley, the garden has hidden paths winding up from the mill-pool and stream at the bottom through the Rose Walk to the Cricket Lawn. At the very top, there are views over the Cotswold Hills, with the church as a backdrop. This is an owner-designed garden and flowers are chosen for scent wherever possible. Sadly, neither toilet nor gardens are suitable for wheelchairs.