Gants Mill & Garden

Watergarden with sculptures, historic watermill for generating electricity and corn-grinding.

• Flower-filled watergarden with ponds, streams, waterfalls, pergolas and garden sculptures
• Historic watermill tour includes grinding corn and electricity generation
• Teas and home-made cake in the fuchsia and begonia conservatory

Alison’s flower-filled watergarden has garden sculptures. Miller and historian Brian’s tour of the old watermill includes grinding corn and electricity generation.

Wander around Alison’s garden, by the streams, ponds, waterfalls and pergolas, and see the lovely garden sculptures, each in a perfect setting. Flower collections include irises, delphiniums, daylilies and dahlias. Her fuchsia and begonia conservatory is where teas and home-made cake are served.

Stepping down onto the flagged floor of the old watermill, you walk the length of the thousand year time-line showing the many uses of the mill in times gone by. Miller Brian starts up the Victorian turbine, and you hear the rumble of the grindstones stirring into life, and can feel the freshly ground meal, still warm. Peering down into the old waterwheel pit, you make out the new turbine with gushing water below it, and the generator humming as it puts electricity into the local grid.