A stumpery is a garden feature similar to a rockery but made from parts of dead trees. This can take the form of whole stumps, logs, pieces of bark or even worked timber such as railway sleepers or fl
A stumpery under construction for the Hampton Court Flower Show
Stag Beetle stumpery at Aldershot in Hampshire
Part of the stumpery at the Château de Chaumont, central France
Biddulph Grange is a National Trust landscaped garden, in Biddulph near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is separate from Biddulph Grange Country Park.
Stumpery
…to grow around or on them. They provide a feature for the garden and a habitat for several types of wildlife. The first stumpery was built in 1856 at Biddulph Grange and they remained popular in Victorian Britain. A stumpery traditionally consists of tree stumps arranged upside-down or on their sides to show the…
Sphinx in the Egyptian garden
The view along Dahlia Walk at Biddulph Grange