{"id":233,"date":"2015-05-11T16:16:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T16:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/?p=233"},"modified":"2015-05-11T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T16:16:35","slug":"hidden-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Gem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_20150506_170734.jpg\" data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_20150506_170734-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese Garden at Walkden Gardens, Sale, Cheshiire\" width=\"847\" height=\"847\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_20150506_170734-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_20150506_170734-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_20150506_170734-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_20150506_170734.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not Altrincham born and bred so there are still lots of places in the local area still undiscovered to me.  Some I&#8217;ve heard a little of and earmarked them for further investigation and one of these is Walkden Gardens, or at least the building that led me there.  I&#8217;d heard about the Dovecote, the last remaining part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkdengardens.co.uk\/history.html\" title=\"History of Walkden Gardens and The Dovecote\" target=\"_blank\">Sale Old Hall<\/a> which had been moved from its original location and eventually restored brick by numbered brick in its current location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150506_170110-tile.jpg\" data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150506_170110-tile.jpg\" alt=\"Views of Walkden Gardens in Sale\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150506_170110-tile.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150506_170110-tile-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nestled in an unassuming location off a busy road in Sale the gardens really are a hidden gem.  The Dovecote stands prominent in a lawned area with seating and walls created with stones from a nearby cemetery.  The gardens follow in a collection of open spaces, carefully manicured themed gardens, woodland areas and walks.  From the structure of the Japanese and fuchshia gardens to the natural beauty of the bluebells woods there&#8217;s something to delight every taste.  The wisteria arch was resplendent when we visited and the entrance brought together my three favourites, bluebells, magnolia and, of course, wisteria.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s well worth a visit and I&#8217;m sure every season brings its own unique beauty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bluebell-tile.jpg\" data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bluebell-tile.jpg\" alt=\"Bluebells Abound at Walkden Gardens, Sale\" width=\"1000\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bluebell-tile.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bluebell-tile-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not Altrincham born and bred so there are still lots of places in the local area still undiscovered to me. Some I&#8217;ve heard a little of and earmarked them for further investigation and one&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jujoos.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}