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Snapped: 10 Years of UoN’s Rock Garden

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Nottingham chapter.

Now that 2016 is fully under way, maybe you’re in need of a place to go to ponder how you could have stuck to your New Year’s resolutions, although let’s be honest, the gym is over-rated and chocolate will forever be a girls’ best friend! Maybe you just want a post-exam walk around one of our beautiful campuses? Well, this little oasis of calm might be exactly what you need to help you reflect or recover after a stressful January exam season.

You may not have seen the quaint wooden summer house on the right of Cripps Hill on University Park Campus and the bubbling waterfall and pool are hidden behind the rock garden that can be viewed from the road. It is well worth a visit! Rediscovered and refurbished in 2006, it has now been ten years since the ‘Lenton Firs Rock Garden’ has been restored to its former glory. It’s thought it was originally built in the 19th century, so go wish it happy anniversary sometime this year!

Edited by Immy Hibberd 

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Sarah Holmes

Nottingham

Sarah is currently a 4th year student at the University of Nottingham, studying Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry. As a photography intern for HC Nottingham, she now has an excuse for all the snaps she takes while out and about exploring the city. In addition to this, she is also a copy editor (mostly because she's one of those annoying gals who likes to correct you). In between adventures, she can often be found either: cuddled up with her two extremely fluffy labradoodle pups Sherlock and Watson; singing loudly in her student flat; reading books about bad-ass women of the past; fretting about whether her fringe is straight or trying not to burn something in the kitchen.