Meersbrook Park Walled Garden Sheffield

The Walled Garden was built around 1820. It was the fruit and vegetable garden for Meersbrook House (now known as Meersbrook Hall which you will see on your visit). The house was built in 1780 by Benjamin Roebuck, a private Sheffield Banker. It later became the residence of the Shore family, who also owned Norton Hall. The garden has traces of three generations of heating systems. As the technology developed different systems were developed to make the best use of solar heating, the use of solid fuel and finally oil. The current classroom and tool room were built as greenhouses, probably for grapes, in the 1820s.

The walls of the garden would have been used for growing fruit trees and you can still see the numerous holes left by the nails uses to support the trees. The classroom and tool room were built at about the same time as the walls.

Much of the horticulture practiced 200 years ago is still practiced today and many of the techniques used now were brought to the UK by the Romans.
There were a number of old and interesting tools on the site when we took it on so we added to this collection as a reminder of the generations of gardeners who had worked here. Most of them will have been born and lived in Heeley/Meersbrook.

In 2006 a Japanese gardener Naho Tanaka joined the volunteer team and she developed the first stage of this garden.
What is a hot wall?
There are two hot walls in the garden, one in the old greenhouse building and the other is on the long wall.

Timings & Tours

Sunday 14 September:

1400-1700

Sunday 21 September:

1400-1700

Location & directions

Brook Road entrance close to Meersbrook Bank Primary School, Brook Road, Meersbrook, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 9FH

Directions:

Approach Meersbrook Park from the Brook Road entrance close to Meersbrook Bank School. Go into the car park and you will see Meersbrook Hall and you will see a path leading uphill a gentle slope to the Walled Garden

Contact on day:

Andy Kershaw

Telephone number:

+447395023887

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

The Walled Garden is accessible to people with disabilities and wheelchair users however the terrain in the garden itself is uneven and wheelchair users may struggle in some parts of it however the garden has a path around it and assistance may be required. Dogs must be on a lead.

Additional information

There will be volunteers on duty with interpretation boards.

Max no of people per tour:

20

Est. tour duration:

2 hour(s) 55 minute(s)

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