The man spent 25 years turning the wasteland into a flower paradise

With a love of plants, the 71-year-old man has spent more than 25 years working hard, turning the wasteland into an oasis of ‘paradise’.

Over the past 25 years, Mr. John Massey (UK) has devoted all his love, time and effort to care for a special garden. The garden is like “jewel” located near the town of Kingswinford, suburban Dudley, county West Midlands. In the early days, the beautiful garden was now just an empty, dotted field near the industrial suburbs of Dudley. But Mr. John saw the potential of the site and cherished his intention to build the current garden. Since he was a boy, John was involved in the gardening work with his grandfather. Since then, the passion for gardening has also been rekindled and grown, making the 71-man always wish to have a beautiful garden with flowers blooming every day and green trees every year. To get the “oasis” blooming as it is now, John Massey spent most of the day, from 6:30 a.m. to late at night, working to fill the soil, pile piles, plow, plant flowers and ornamental plants with everything. his love, passion and excitement. See the lively and eye-catching garden to see how valuable his efforts back then were. The lovely garden is about 1.2ha wide, including many native British trees, shrubs, conifers and many rare plants he collected from Japan and South Africa. Not only trees, John Massey’s garden is also decorated with many kinds of precious flowers, bringing sparkling and wonderful beauty to the exterior space. “I quit my job 5 days a week to do the job 7 days a week. I feel excited and always ready to work, night or day, winter or summer,” he said. John Massey’s garden not only impresses with the smooth green grass, ornamental plants with many different shapes and colors, but also fruit trees and lakes. Mr. John’s garden has also won dozens of awards, large and small, including the gold at the Chelsea Flower Show and the Victorian Medal of Honor from the Royal Gardening Association. The awards have contributed more motivation for him to continue to cultivate his dream. Mr. John shared, his garden has many rare species of trees, including Prunus rufa tree or Himalayan cherry blossoms awarded by the late Norwegian Princess Greta Sturdza. Currently, his garden is always open to welcome many tourists from all over the world to visit, admire the natural beauty through the skillful hands and creative mind of John Massey.