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You might be surprised to know where this amazing garden is

You might think these stunning pictures of glorious autumn colours are somewhere like Vermont or Colorado.

But actually they’re far closer to home - in the unexpected setting of a suburban family garden in the Midlands.

Green-fingered Marie and Tony Newton, both 67, have spent more than 20 years and £15,000 transforming their back garden in Walsall, West Midlands, into a stunning oasis of plants and flowers.

The ¼-acre garden has even been labelled Britain’s best garden by Alan Titchmarsh and is set to feature on the BBC show Garden Rescue, hosted by Charlie Dimmock.

It boasts more than 3,000 different species of plant and flowers and even has streams, a jungle and a summer house.

Labour of love - Marie and Tony have spent more than 20 years transforming their garden (Pictures: SWNS)

Marie and Tony, who have four grown-up children and two grandchildren, regularly open their garden as part of the National Gardens Scheme.

Marie said: “We moved here 34 years ago, and we had four young children all born within five years of each other. Because of that, the garden became the main focus to keep the children occupied.”

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They started re-landscaping the garden in 1992 and it has evolved over time, getting more sophisticated, she said.

"We’ve tweaked it and added different things like a jungle which we created in 2005, which divided the garden into a more formal upper garden and a woodland-like lower garden.”

Welcome - the couple have attracted more than 13,000 people to their garden over the years

"We created streams in 2001 and built a summer house and woodland paths,” Marie said.

"The garden is only a quarter of an acre, but it’s all about scale and proportion so it looks a lot larger than it is.”

Famous - Marie and Tony’s garden has been named Britain’s best back garden by Alan Titchmarsh

The couple have hosted 30 open days over the years, attracting more than 13,000 people, including visitors from across the world, and raising more than £42,000 in 11 years.

"It’s quite magical. We’ve even won a few national competitions,” said Marie.

"Alan Titchmarsh ranked us number one in Britain’s best back gardens in the ‘impossible’ category. He was really in awe at our garden.

"This year we have had Charlie Dimmock and the Rich brothers contact us about their BBC programme Garden Rescue to ask if they could use our garden as the backdrop for the opening titles. We are so proud of what we have created.”

Tony, a retired GP, added: "Every day I wake up in awe of the spectacle we have created. The view never gets old.”