1 October 2010 Last updated at 11:31

Audio slideshow: Secret garden opens

Behind the front gate of a typical 70s semi in Flintshire lies a secret garden which opens to the public for one day a year. Botanist and horticulturalist Philip Hunt bought the house on St Peter's Park, Northop, near Mold, because he liked the giant ash which was the only tree within 300 yards.

Since 1976 he has been transforming the garden with a range of rare and unusual flora and fauna as well as building a "temple" and medieval-style bothy from trees he has grown and felled. The garden is open to the public on Saturday 2 October as part of the National Garden Scheme.

Continue reading the main story

To see the enhanced content on this page, you need to have JavaScript enabled and Adobe Flash installed.

Photographs, audio and slideshow production by Nick Bourne. Publication date: 1 October 2010.