The objective of a Stumpery is to create a garden feature from ferns, logs and old tree roots. The Victorians started a trend to build Rooteries, Ferneries and Stumperies as romantic woodland places to grow exotic ferns and woodland plants. If you have a dark corner or want to collect ferns then you could start your own Stumpery quite easily and add to it as the fancy takes you.
Plant Up with some Ferns
More information on Ferns is available on http://www.ferns.com/
Photograph of Stumpery at Biddulph Grange Garden – Biddulph by westher, on Flickr under creative commons license.
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