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As the name suggests, it was developed to celebrate the Millennium in 2000. The following is an abstract from the leaflet Link produced by the University covering all the garden elements of the main University campus.

"The bold design is based on the theme of time. A central pathway leads into the garden and to a series of interconnecting circular paths and areas, which form a strong pattern within the centre of the garden.
There is a formal pool with 12 fountains, which ‘tell the time’ and steel bridges — set low to create a feeling of ‘walking on water’ — leading to a central island.
The adjacent colour garden, with a focal point of an armillary sphere sundial, has interesting flowers and foliage in all seasons. Colours expand the time theme into a day/night scheme with one bed planted in hot red, orange and yellow colours and the remainder in cool blues, whites and silvers.
A circular grassed area is used for informal seating as well as open-air performances. Twelve sentinel clipped yews, reinforcing the time theme, surround the lawn.
A raised mound with clipped box hedges overlooks the garden and has views of the pool. The focal point of this feature is a stone sculpture, Flayed Stone, carved by Peter Randall-Page from a single piece of glacial granite.
Towards the end of the garden is a blue brick and turf maze (1), an ancient garden feature symbolising the rooting of knowledge in antiquity."

(1) technically a labyrinth as it has no dead ends.

Created: Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Updated: Wed, 2 Apr 2025