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A living poem by the M5; There is something appealing about a secret garden that touches just about everyone, as John Stephens discovers.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20040821
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Byline: John Stephens

Nestling in a five-acre wedge of land just a stone's throw from the busy M5 motorway is Halesowen's own secret garden - a lovingly restored oasis of perfection that time seems to have forgotten.

And just like the horticultural treasure of the classic novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, few seem to know of its existence.

Designed by British poet William Shenstone in the mid-1700s, the garden at Lapal House remains a piece of living history with some of the region's most spectacular examples of landscape design. A stunning array of towering trees, ...

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