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Bridge End Gardens is an English Heritage designated (grade II * Park and Garden) group of seven linked ornamental gardens in Saffron Walden, Essex. The gardens are located off Church Street, close to the Fry Art Gallery. == History and restoration == Bridge End Gardens were built on fields on the edge of Saffron Walden and covers an area of . The area was set out as gardens from around 1828 by Atkinson Francis Gibson and his wife Elizabeth.〔 From 1838, his son Francis Gibson – who was interested in horticulture and had also completed a garden design for his sister – began creating a new garden with the help of a local nurseryman William Chater. The hedge maze was planted around 1870, by which stage the garden was under the management of a local agent and was used as a venue for shows by the Saffron Walden horticultural society.〔 The site opened to the public in 1902 and the borough council took over responsibility for its management from 1918, designating it as a 'public pleasure ground'.〔 In 1987, the garden was listed with English Heritage.〔 In the same year, the maze was replanted and the kitchen garden cleared. Between 2002–2006 the garden was restored back to the 1870 plan. The kitchen garden reopened between 2009 and 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridge End Gardens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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