Welcome to Val’s Garden!

My garden has been a life long gardening endeavour and is celebrated for its scope, variety of garden “rooms,” and charming rural setting.

There have always been visitors to my garden, even in the old days when there really wasn’t much to see. I was astonished and a little humbled to look back at photos of people pausing beside a semicircular dug out, gazing at the lonely zinnias. Although it needed many more years of work, I already saw the Mediterranean Garden in all its glory. My good-natured garden guests would kindly go along with my vision of what wasn’t there - yet.

Thirty-odd years later, with all the rusty cars, discarded shingles, and abandoned refrigerators hauled away… Trees planted, hedges cultivated, garden areas carved out, a lake dug… This garden, my passion, has become a beautiful work of art. It is my masterpiece, rather grand, an epic poem, and a delight to behold.

While the garden is no longer open to the general public, you can still visit the garden once a year, during the Birtle Centre for the Arts Garden Tour. Feel free to browse my website to view photos and learn more about the garden rooms.