花园概况
摩尔草甸花园位于英国赫里福德郡布罗姆亚德镇（Bromyard）附近的科灵顿村（Collington）一带，坐落在 B4214 公路旁一片朝南的有机山坡上，占地约 7 英亩，俯瞰凯尔河谷（Kyre Valley）。园主罗丝·比斯尔（Ros Bissell）一家持续经营这片土地几十年，是英国皇家园艺学会（RHS）「合作伙伴花园」计划中英格兰中部与东安格利亚片区 2025 年度获奖园，也是英国国家花园计划（NGS, The Yellow Book）的合作花园。
家族与历史
园中建筑最早可追溯到 1734 年，此后在 1855 年与七英亩土地一同易手。1955 年，罗斯·约翰逊（Rosie Johnson）和丈夫汤姆（Tom Johnson）以 400 英镑的价格买下这里，当时还没有从大路通往园区的机动车道，汤姆靠捕兔卖兔来补贴农场工人的工资。夫妻俩育有六个孩子，最小的女儿罗丝（Ros）后来在这片土地上出生。一家人最初把它当作自给式小农场经营，养鸡养猪、养蜂、种果树和大片菜地；后来夫妇俩迷上了观赏植物，从种子开始繁殖各种苗木，花园的轮廓一点点扩大。1999 年罗丝回到家中与母亲一同整地种植，2001 年首次向公众开放，园区一直坚持有机栽培，绝大部分园材循环利用，旧农具也常留在原处。
园圃分区与特色
七英亩的山坡被划分成若干风格不同的区块：从人口沿小径下行的草地花园、杜鹃林地和蕨类园，到地势较低的草本草本花坛与落叶松大道，再到底部果园区、菜园与草药园；春季各种球根花卉成片开放，秋季则主打色叶与浆果。园中散布多条蜿蜒小径，每转一个弯都有一两件不期而遇的雕塑或坐凳——大多是园主就地取材、自己动手打造的。湖区一侧有一座带门廊的「霍比特小屋」，园主母亲晚年时喜欢坐在那里看着湖水。
野生动物与生态
园区长期保持有机种植、混作与多水体的格局，是赫里福德郡本土野生动物的重要栖息地。园主多年记录显示，花园内已观测到 70 余种鸟类，包括猫头鹰、雀鹰、翠鸟、林莺、鹪鹩、啄木鸟等；哺乳类常见獾、野兔、白鼬、伶鼬与蝙蝠，两栖类有草蛇、青蛙、蟾蜍和欧螈；昆虫方面以蝴蝶、蛾类、蜻蜓和豆娘最为显眼。园中设置多处水池和倒木堆，刻意保留野生状态以吸引传粉昆虫与夜行性动物。
参观与开放
花园只在每年 3 月底至 9 月初的周五至周二开放，11:00 至 17:00，须提前预约，仅收现金，禁止携犬入园（导盲犬除外）。2026 年 NGS 慈善开放日定在 10 月 26 日。标准门票成人 9 英镑、4 至 16 岁儿童 2 英镑，季票 25 英镑；园主或主理园丁也提供导览服务，90 分钟的下园讲解 40 英镑，3 小时全园深度讲解 70 英镑。园主已出版两本关于这片土地的小书，名为《Stuff and Nonsense》和《Gardening by the Seat of Your Pants》，可在园中直接购买。联系方式与开放时间以官网公布为准。
Garden Overview
Moors Meadow Garden sits on a south-facing organic hillside near the village of Collington, close to Bromyard in Herefordshire, on the B4214 road. The seven-acre site overlooks the Kyre Valley. Owner Ros Bissell and her family have worked the land for several decades. The garden is a member of the Royal Horticultural Society Partner Garden scheme and was named RHS Partner Garden of the Year 2025 for the Midlands and East Anglia. It is also listed with the National Garden Scheme (NGS, the Yellow Book) as an open-by-appointment charity garden.
Family and History
The earliest records of a house on the site date to 1734, and the property changed hands again in 1855 along with the surrounding seven acres. In 1955 Rosie and Tom Johnson bought the farm for £400; there was no vehicular access from the main road at the time, so Tom supplemented the farm labourer’s wages by catching and selling rabbits. The Johnsons had six children, the youngest of whom, Ros, was born on the holding. The family ran the place as a smallholding with chickens, pigs, bees and mixed orchards for many years before ornamentals gradually took over. Rosie and Tom propagated almost all of their plants from seed. Ros returned home in 1999 to garden alongside her mother; the garden first opened to the public in 2001 and has remained organic ever since, with most materials recycled and many old farm implements left in place.
Garden Rooms and Planting
The seven acres are divided into a number of distinct areas: a grass garden, a rhododendron glade and a fernery near the entrance path; a herbaceous border and a redwood avenue on the middle slope; and fruit trees, a productive kitchen garden and a herb garden at the bottom. Countless spring bulbs give way to summer perennials and then autumn colour and berries. Winding paths thread the hillside, each turn revealing a small sculpture or seat, most of which were made on site. A small “Hobbit House” with a veranda overlooks the lake in the Lower Garden, where Ros’s mother liked to sit in her later years.
Wildlife and Ecology
Long-term organic management, mixed planting and several water features make the garden a useful local refuge for wildlife. The owner’s records list more than 70 bird species, including tawny, barn and little owls, buzzards, kestrels, sparrowhawks, ducks, coots, moorhens, Canada geese, herons and kingfishers, together with smaller woodland birds such as wrens, siskins, goldfinches, long-tailed tits, nuthatches, tree creepers and both green and greater spotted woodpeckers. Mammals regularly seen include badgers, hares, stoats, weasels and pipistrelle and long-eared bats; reptiles and amphibians include grass snakes, frogs, toads and newts. Insects are abundant, with butterflies, moths, dragonflies and damselflies the most conspicuous.
Visiting and Access
The garden is open from late March to early September, Friday to Tuesday, 11:00 to 17:00, and pre-booking is essential. Admission is £9 for adults and £2 for children aged 4 to 16; season tickets cost £25. An NGS charity open day is scheduled for 26 October 2026. Cash only; dogs are not permitted except for guide dogs. Guided tours by the head gardener can be booked in advance: a 90-minute tour of the Lower Garden costs £40, and a three-hour tour of the whole garden costs £70. The owner has published two books inspired by the garden, Stuff and Nonsense and Gardening by the Seat of Your Pants, both available at the gate. Up-to-date opening details are listed on the official website.
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