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www.ngs.org.uk Devon NGS @DevonNGS
Devon
gardens open for charity, 2022
For more information
visit ngs.org.uk
www.ngs.org.uk Devon NGS @DevonNGS
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YOUR GARDEN VISITS
HELP CHANGE LIVES
In 2021 the National Garden Scheme donated over £3 million to our
beneficiaries, providing critical support to nursing and health charities
following a year of crisis.
Macmillan
Marie Curie Cancer Support Hospice UK
£525,000 £500,000 £500,000
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The Queen’s
Carers Trust Nursing Institute Parkinson’s UK
£425,000 £395,000 £212,500
Perennial £115,000
Your visits helped us Maggie’s £100,000
donate over £3 million Horatio’s Garden £75,000
to charity in 2021 WRAGS £65,000
ABF The Soldiers’ Charity £60,000
National Botanic Garden, Wales £20,000
Professional Gardeners’ Trust £20,000
Garden Museum £10,000
Thank you!
To find out more visit ngs.org.uk/beneficiaries
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DEVON COUNTY VOLUNTEERS
County Organiser Talks North East Devon
& Central Devon Julia Tremlett 01392 832671 Jill Hall 01884 38812
Miranda Allhusen 01647 440296 jandjtremlett@hotmail.co.uk jill22hall@gmail.com
Miranda@allhusen.co.uk
Assistant County Organisers Plymouth Position vacant
County Treasurer
East Devon South Hams
Nigel Hall 01884 38812
Penny Walmsley 01404 831375 Sally Vincent 01803 722227
nigel.hall@ngs.org.uk
walyp_uk@yahoo.co.uk sallyvincent14@gmail.com
Publicity
Exeter South West Devon
Brian Mackness 01626 356004
Jenny Phillips 01392 254076 Naomi Hindley 01364 654902
brianmackness@clara.co.uk
jennypips25@hotmail.co.uk naomi.hindley@ngs.org.uk
Cath Pettyfer 01837 89024
Exmoor Torbay
cathpettyfer@gmail.com
Anna Whinney 01598 760217 Michelle Fairley 01626 879576
Paul Vincent 01803 722227 annawhinney@yahoo.co.uk grosvenorgreengardens@gmail.com
paul.vincent@ngs.org.uk West Devon
North Devon
Booklet Co-ordinator Jo Hynes 01805 804265 Alex Meads 01822 615558
Anne Sercombe 01626 438698 hynesjo@gmail.com ameads2015@outlook.com
anne.sercombe@ngs.org.uk
Great Gardens, Great Cake.
Symbols at the end of each garden dPlant Heritage National Collection Group visits Group Organisers
entry indicate features and items of Holder. may contact the County Organiser
special interest at the garden. or a garden owner direct to organise
aGardens that offer accommodation.
a group visit to a particular county or
N Gardens opening for the first bRefreshments are available, garden. See above for County Organiser
time this year or re-opening after a normally at a charge, subject to details, or visit www.ngs.org.uk.
long break. Covid-19 guidelines.
Children must be accompanied by
u Garden also opens on non-NGS pPicnics welcome. an adult.
days. (Gardens which carry this Photography is at the discretion
iGarden designed by a Fellow,
symbol contribute to the NGS either of the garden owner; please check
Member or Pre-registered Member of
by opening on a specific day(s) and/or
the Society of Garden Designers. first. Photographs must not be used
by giving a guaranteed contribution). for sale or reproduction without prior
CGarden accessible to coaches.
eWheelchair access to at least the permission of the owner.
Coach sizes vary so please contact
main features of the garden. Share To indicates that a proportion
garden owner or County Organiser in
f Dogs on short leads welcome advance to check details. of the money collected will be given
gPlants usually for sale. to the nominated charity.
cCashless payments available. Toilets are not usually available
at private gardens.
Please remember…
that most gardens are private property. They are
open through the generosity and enthusiasm of
their owners and have not been designed for the
visiting public. When requested, please stay on
the marked paths, avoid hazards and take care
to avoid damaging plants. Thank you for your
co-operation and enjoy your visit.
32 Allenstyle Drive, Barnstaple
Cover picture: The Woodland Walk, Lewis Cottage, Spreyton. Photo Mark Bolton Photography. Garden number 50
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Saturday 26th Coombe Meadow 21
Haldon Grange 32 N Goodwill Gardens 29
Monkscroft 59 Haldon Grange 32
Ordinary people opening their extraordinary gardens to raise impressive amounts of money for deserving causes.
Samlingstead 75 Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46
Sunday 27th Monday 18th
Haldon Grange 32 Andrew’s Corner 4
Heathercombe 37 N Goodwill Gardens 29
Monkscroft 59 Haldon Grange 32
Upper Gorwell House 91 Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46
Monday 28th Saturday 23rd
Houndspool 43 Haldon Grange 32
South Wood Farm 80
Tuesday 29th
Houndspool 43 Sunday 24th
Haldon Grange 32
Wednesday 30th
St Merryn 74
Haldon Grange 32
South Wood Farm 80
Whitstone Farm 94
April Wednesday 27th
Haldon Grange 32
Friday 1st
Holbrook Garden 41 Saturday 30th
N Goodwill Gardens 29
Saturday 2nd
Greatcombe 31
Haldon Grange 32
Haldon Grange 32
Holbrook Garden 41
Ashley Court, Tiverton Sunday 3rd
Haldon Grange 32 May
High Garden 38
Sunday 1st
Holbrook Garden 41
OPENING Saturday 26th
N Ashley Court 5 Friday 8th
Andrew’s Corner
Chevithorne Barton
4
20
DATES Sunday 27th
East Worlington House 27
Sidbury Manor
Torview
Saturday 9th
77
89
Coombe Meadow
N Goodwill Gardens 29
Greatcombe
21
31
Map locator numbers Monday 28th Haldon Grange 32
are shown to the right Brendon Gardens 15
Houndspool 43 Haldon Grange 32 High Garden 38
of each garden name.
Torview 89 Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46
Mothecombe House 61
March Sunday 10th Upper Gorwell House 91
February Andrew’s Corner 4
Tuesday 1st Brendon Gardens 15 Monday 2nd
Snowdrop Festival Houndspool 43 Andrew’s Corner 4
Haldon Grange 32
Friday 4th Sidbury Manor 77 Coombe Meadow 21
Sunday 6th
Higher Cherubeer 39 Torview 89 Greatcombe 31
East Worlington House 27
Haldon Grange 32
Friday 11th Saturday 12th Friday 15th Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46
Higher Cherubeer 39 Haldon Grange 32 N Ashley Court 5
Saturday 7th
Saturday 12th Sunday 13th Saturday 16th Haldon Grange 32
The Mount, Delamore 62 Haldon Grange 32 Bickham House 9
Coombe Meadow 21 Sunday 8th
Sunday 13th Saturday 19th
N Goodwill Gardens 29 Bickham House 9
The Mount, Delamore 62 Haldon Grange 32
Haldon Grange 32 Haldon Grange 32
Saturday 19th Sunday 20th Heathercombe 37
Higher Cherubeer 39 Sunday 17th
Bickham House 9 Monday 9th
Andrew’s Corner 4
Haldon Grange 32 Houndspool 43
Bickham House 9
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guide please contact Anne Sercombe, anne.sercombe@ngs.org.uk, before 15 Sept 2022
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Tuesday 10th Moretonhampstead Saturday 28th Lewis Cottage 50
Houndspool 43 Gardens 60 Abbotskerswell Gardens 1 Shutelake 76
The Old Vicarage 66 Andrew’s Corner 4
Wednesday 11th Monday 30th
St Merryn 74 u Cadhay 19
Haldon Grange 32 u Cadhay 19
N Spring Lodge 82 Dunley House 24
Thursday 12th N Goodwill Gardens 29 Tuesday 31st
Tuesday 24th Heathercombe 37
N Quince Honey Haldon Grange 32
Heathercombe 37
Thanks to your support we have raised £25million for deserving causes in the last 10 years alone!
Farm 71 Heathercombe 37
Wednesday 25th Lewis Cottage 50
Friday 13th June
Haldon Grange 32 Shutelake 76
N Quince Honey
Heathercombe 37 Springfield House 83
Farm 71 Wednesday 1st
Thursday 26th Sunday 29th Heathercombe 37
Saturday 14th
Heathercombe 37 Abbotskerswell Gardens 1
Haldon Grange 32 Thursday 2nd
N Quince Honey Andrew’s Corner 4
Kentlands 45 N Ashley Court 5
Farm 71 The Bridge Mill 16
Kilmington (Shute Road) Brocton Cottage 17
Friday 27th u Cadhay 19
Gardens 47 Greatcombe 31
Spitchwick Manor 81 Heathercombe 37 Dunley House 24 Haldon Grange 32
N Quince Honey N Goodwill Gardens 29 Heathercombe 37
Sunday 15th Haldon Grange 32
Farm 71 Little Ash Bungalow 51
Haldon Grange 32 Heathercombe 37 N Quince Honey
Heathercombe 37
Farm 71
Kentlands 45
Kilmington (Shute Road)
Gardens 47
Spitchwick Manor 81
Upper Gorwell House 91
Tuesday 17th
Avenue Cottage 6
Wednesday 18th
Avenue Cottage 6
Thursday 19th
N Quince Honey
Farm 71
Friday 20th
Moretonhampstead
Gardens 60
N Quince Honey
Farm 71
Saturday 21st
N Blundell’s School
Gardening Project 11
Bradford Tracey House 13
N Goodwill Gardens 29
Haldon Grange 32
Heathercombe 37
Moretonhampstead
Gardens 60
The Old Vicarage 66
Sunday 22nd
Bickham House 9
N Blundell’s School
Gardening Project 11
Bradford Tracey House 13
N Goodwill Gardens 29
Haldon Grange 32
Heathercombe 37
Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46
Bickham House, Kenn
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Relax in a beautiful garden, enjoy a delicious homemade tea while raising money for charity. What could be better?
Heathercombe, Manaton
Friday 3rd N Quince Honey N Quince Honey N Quince Honey
Brocton Cottage 17 Farm 71 Farm 71 Farm 71
Greatcombe 31
Saturday 11th Friday 17th Friday 24th
Haldon Grange 32
Bovey Tracey Gardens 12 Heathercombe 37 Greatcombe 31
Heathercombe 37
Bramble Torre 14 N Quince Honey Heathercombe 37
N Quince Honey
Brendon Gardens 15 Farm 71 N Quince Honey
Farm 71 u Goren Farm 30 Sidbury Manor 77 Farm 71
Saturday 4th Haldon Grange 32
Saturday 18th Saturday 25th
Brocton Cottage 17 Heathercombe 37
Harbour Lights 34 Greatcombe 31
u Goren Farm 30 Languard Place 48
Heathercombe 37 Halscombe Farm 33
Greatcombe 31
Sunday 12th Littlefield 53 Heathercombe 37
Haldon Grange 32
Bickham House 9 N Parracombe Lewis Cottage 50
Heathercombe 37
Bovey Tracey Gardens 12 Gardens 67 Musbury Barton 63
Higher Cherubeer 39
Bramble Torre 14 Spitchwick Manor 81 Southcombe Barn 95
Higher Orchard Cottage 40
Brendon Gardens 15 Teignmouth Gardens 88 Stone Farm 85
Pounds 69 u Docton Mill 23 N West Clyst Treetops 90
Whiddon Goyle 93 u Goren Farm 30 Barnyard Gardens 92 Sunday 26th
Sunday 5th Haldon Grange 32
Sunday 19th Bickham House 9
Brocton Cottage 17 Hayne 36
Harbour Lights 34 Greatcombe 31
Chevithorne Barton 20 Heathercombe 37
Heathercombe 37 Halscombe Farm 33
u Goren Farm 30 Languard Place 48
Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46 Heathercombe 37
Greatcombe 31 Marshall Farm 55
Littlefield 53 Lewis Cottage 50
Haldon Grange 32 N Mill House 58
N Parracombe Musbury Barton 63
Heathercombe 37 Regency House 72
Gardens 67 Southcombe Barn 95
High Garden 38
Monday 13th St Merryn 74 Stone Farm 85
Higher Orchard Cottage 40
N Mill House 58 Spitchwick Manor 81 Treetops 90
Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46
Regency House 72 Teignmouth Gardens 88 Tuesday 28th
Upper Gorwell House 91
N West Clyst
Whiddon Goyle 93 Tuesday 14th Heathercombe 37
Barnyard Gardens 92
Heathercombe 37 Wednesday 29th
Thursday 9th Tuesday 21st
N Mill House 58
N Quince Honey Heathercombe 37
Regency House 72 Heathercombe 37
Farm 71 Thursday 30th
Wednesday 15th Wednesday 22nd Heathercombe 37
Friday 10th Heathercombe 37 Heathercombe 37
Bramble Torre 14 N Quince Honey
Marshall Farm 55 Thursday 16th Thursday 23rd Farm 71
u Marwood Hill Garden 56 Heathercombe 37 Heathercombe 37
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Over 3,600 gardens in England and Wales are opening in 2022. Download the app, browse the website and find one near you. www.ngs.org.uk Devon NGS @DevonNGS
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Visit our
gardens and
restaurant or homes start at
Bernaville
café for breakfast,
lunch, tea, coffee
Nurseries.
and homemade
cakes!
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Call 01392 851326
www.bernaville.co.uk
FIND US ON THE A377 JUST OUTSIDE EXETER
East Woodlands Friday 22nd Sunday 31st
July Farmhouse 26 Greatcombe 31 Houndspool 43
Samlingstead 75 N Quince Honey Kia-Ora Farm &
Friday 1st
Sunday 10th Farm 71 Gardens 46
Heathercombe 37
Backswood Farm The Old School House 65
N Quince Honey 7 Saturday 23rd
Bickham House 9 Squirrels 84
Farm 71 Am Brook Meadow 3
East Woodlands Whitstone Farm 94
Coombe Meadow 21
Saturday 2nd
Farmhouse 26 Greatcombe 31
Heathercombe 37
Upper Gorwell House 91 Kentisbury Gardens 44 August
Springfield House 83
Thursday 14th Sunday 24th
Sunday 3rd Tuesday 2nd
N Quince Honey Am Brook Meadow 3
Chevithorne Barton 20 Avenue Cottage 6
Farm 71 Bickham House 9
Foxhole Community
Garden 28 Friday 15th Coombe Meadow 21 Wednesday 3rd
Quince Honey Greatcombe 31 Avenue Cottage 6
Heathercombe 37 N
Farm 71 Kentisbury Gardens 44
High Garden 38 Saturday 6th
Kentlands 45
Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46 Saturday 16th Springfield House 83
East Cornworthy Thursday 28th
Thursday 7th Sunday 7th
Gardens 25 N Quince Honey
N Quince Honey Barnstaple World
Farm 71
Farm 71 Sunday 17th Gardens 8
East Cornworthy Friday 29th Chevithorne Barton 20
Friday 8th
Gardens 25 N Quince Honey Middle Well 57
N Quince Honey
Hole Farm 42 Farm 71
Farm 71 Saturday 13th
Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46 Saturday 30th The Old Vicarage 66
Saturday 9th
Thursday 21st Houndspool 43 Sidmouth Gardens 78
Backswood Farm 7
N Quince Honey Farm 71
The Old School House 65
Squirrels 84
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Sunday 14th Sunday 11th East Woodlands
Bickham House 9 32 Allenstyle Drive 2 February 2023 Farmhouse 26
Kia-Ora Farm & Hole Farm 42 Haldon Grange 32
Friday 3rd
Gardens 46 Kentlands 45 Halscombe Farm 33
Higher Cherubeer 39
Little Ash Bungalow 51 Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46 Harbour Lights 34
The Old Vicarage 66 Friday 10th The Haven 35
Monday 12th
Sidmouth Gardens 78 Higher Cherubeer 39 Heathercombe 37
Houndspool 43
Whitstone Farm 94 Saturday 18th Higher Cherubeer 39
Tuesday 13th Higher Orchard Cottage 40
Friday 19th Higher Cherubeer 39
Houndspool 43 Kentlands 45
Greatcombe 31
Your visits change lives. Since 1927 we’ve raised over £58million for nursing charities.
Wednesday 14th Lee Ford 49
Saturday 20th Ashley Court 5 By Arrangement Lewis Cottage 50
N
Greatcombe 31 Little Ash Bungalow 51
Sunday 18th Arrange a personalised
Prospect House 70 Little Webbery 52
Foxhole Community garden visit with your
Sunday 21st club, or group of friends, Middle Well 57
Garden 28 Musselbrook Cottage
Bickham House 9 on a date to suit you. See
Greatcombe 31 Sunday 25th individual garden entries Garden 64
Prospect House 70 Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46 for full details. The Old Vicarage 66
N Spring Lodge 82 Upper Gorwell House 91 N Quince Honey
Treetops 90 32 Allenstyle Drive 2 Farm 71
Andrew’s Corner 4 Regency House 72
Saturday 27th October St Merryn 74
N Goodwill Gardens 29 Avenue Cottage 6
Backswood Farm 7 Samlingstead 75
Stone Farm 85 Saturday 8th Shutelake 76
u Stone Lane Gardens 86 Bickham House 9
Sunday 28th Breach, Kilmington South Wood Farm 80
32 Allenstyle Drive 2 Saturday 15th (Shute Road) Gardens 47 Springfield House 83
u Cadhay 19 Dunley House 24 Brendon Gardens 15 Squirrels 84
N Goodwill Gardens 29 Regency House 72 The Bridge Mill 16 Stone Farm 85
Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46 u Stone Lane Gardens 86
Byes Reach, Sidmouth Stonelands House 87
Stone Farm 85 Gardens 78 Sutton Mead,
Sunday 16th
Coombe Meadow 21 Moretonhampstead
Monday 29th Dunley House 24
Derrydown 22 Gardens 60
u Cadhay 19 Regency House 72
Torview 89
Kia-Ora Farm & Gardens 46 Whitstone Farm 94
September
Thursday 1st
Holbrook Garden 41
Friday 2nd
Holbrook Garden 41
N Russet House 73
Saturday 3rd
Bickham House 9
N Goodwill Gardens 29
Holbrook Garden 41
Moretonhampstead
Gardens 60
Sunday 4th
32 Allenstyle Drive 2
Bickham House 9
N Goodwill Gardens 29
High Garden 38
Moretonhampstead
Gardens 60
N Russet House 73
Saturday 10th
Silver Street Farm 79
Hole Farm, Bideford
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THE GARDENS
For 2022, Abbotskerswell offers 8 gardens plus the village
allotments, ranging from very small to large they offer a
wide range of planting styles and innovative landscaping.
Cottage gardens, terracing, wildflower areas specialist
plants and an arboretum. Two new gardens and changes to
others from 2020. Ideas for every type and size of garden.
GROUP OPENING Visitors are welcome to picnic in the field or arboretum
at Fairfield. Sales of plants, garden produce, jams and
1 ABBOTSKERSWELL GARDENS
chutneys and other creative crafts. Disabled access to 3
Abbotskerswell, TQ12 5PN. 2m SW of Newton Abbot gardens. Partial access to most others.
town centre. A381 Newton Abbot/Totnes rd. Sharp L turn
The NGS is Macmillan Cancer Support’s largest charitable funder. £17million since 1984.
egCbc
from NA, R from Totnes. Field parking at Fairfield. Maps
available at all gardens & at Church House. Sat 28, Sun
29 May (1-5). Combined adm £7, chd free. Home- 2 32 ALLENSTYLE DRIVE
made teas. Teas available from 2pm. Maps and
tickets from 1pm. Yelland, Barnstaple, EX31 3DZ. Steve & Dawn Morgan,
01271 861433, fourhungrycats@aol.com, www.
devonsubtropicalgarden.rocks. 5m W of Barnstaple.
ABBOTSFORD From Barnstaple take B3233 towards Instow. Through
Wendy & Phil Grierson. Bickington & Fremington. L at Yelland sign into Allenstyle
ABBOTSKERSWELL ALLOTMENTS Rd. 1st R into Allenstyle Dr. Light blue bungalow. From
Tasha Mundy. Bideford go past Instow on B3233. Sun 28 Aug, Sun
1 ABBOTSWELL COTTAGES 4, Sun 11 Sept (12-5). Adm £4, chd free. Light
Jane Taylor. refreshments. Visits also by arrangement Aug &
Sept for groups of up to 20. Our garden is 30m x 15m
BRIAR COTTAGE and is packed full of all our favourite plants. See our huge
Peggy & David Munden. bananas, cannas, colocasias, delicate and scented tropical
FAIRFIELD passion flowers, prairie planting, a wildlife pond and 2 large
Brian Mackness. greenhouses. Relax and inhale the heady scents of the
N 1 FORDE CLOSE ginger lilies and rest awhile in the many seating areas.
Ann Allen. gbc
N THE POTTERY
3 AM BROOK MEADOW
Mr D & Mrs B Dubash.
Torbryan, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, TQ12 5UP. Jennie
7 WILTON WAY
& Jethro Marles. 5m from Newton Abbot on A381.
Mr Vernon & Mrs Cindy Stunt.
Leaving A381 at Causeway Cross go through Ipplepen
16 WILTON WAY village, heading towards Broadhempston. Stay on Orley
Katy & Chris Yates. Rd for ¾m. At Poole Cross turn L signed Totnes, then
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turn 2nd L into field parking. Sat 23, Sun 24 July (2-
6.30). Adm £6, chd free. Home-made teas.
Country garden developed over past 16 yrs to encourage SAVE
wildlife. Perennial native wildflower meadows, large ponds
with ducks and swans, streams and wild areas covering 10 THE
acres are accessible by gravel and grass pathways. Formal
courtyard garden with water features and herbaceous 2022 DATE
Your visits change lives. Since 1996 £5million donated to The Carer’s Trust supporting unpaid carers.
borders and prairie-style planting together with poultry 18th - 19th June
and bees close by. Featured in Devon Life Magazine Sat 10.00am - 5.30pm
Sun 10.00am - 5.00pm
July 2018 and Country Living Magazine August 2019.
Wheelchair access to most gravel path areas is good, but
grass pathways in larger wildflower meadow are weather
dependent.
egbp
4 ANDREW’S CORNER
Skaigh Lane, Belstone, EX20 1RD. Robin & Edwina
Hill, 01837 840332, edwinarobinhill@outlook.com,
www.andrewscorner.garden. 3m E of Okehampton.
Signed to Belstone from A30. In village turn L, signed
Skaigh. Follow NGS signs. Garden approx ½m on R.
Visitors may be dropped off at house, parking in nearby
field. Sun 10, Sun 17, Mon 18 Apr, Sun 1, Mon 2, Sat
28, Sun 29 May (2-5). Adm £5, chd free. Home-made AXMINSTER
teas. Visits also by arrangement Feb to Oct. Coaches
have to be parked in village car park. Join us as we
enter our 51st year of opening and take a walk on the
A GREAT WEEKEND FOR ALL
wild side in this tranquil moorland garden. April openings
highlight magnolias, trillium and the lovely erythroniums.
June 18th - 19th JUNE 2022
Early May the maples, rhododendrons and unusual shrubs
provide interest, late May brings the flowering davidia,
cornus, embothrium and the spectacular blue poppies. www.axevaleshow.com
Devon Life April 2021 celebrating 50 years opening.
Wheelchair access difficult when wet.
efgbc Wed 3 Aug (10.30-4.30). Adm £5, chd free. Pre-
booking essential, please visit www.ngs.org.uk for
5 N ASHLEY COURT information & booking. Home-made teas. Visits also
Ashley, Tiverton, EX16 5PD. Tara Fraser & Nigel by arrangement Apr to Sept for groups of up to 25.
Jones, 07768 878015, hello@ashleycourtdevon.co.uk, 11 acres of mature and young trees and shrubs. Once
part of an C18 landscape, the neglected garden has been
www.ashleycourtdevon.co.uk. 1m S of Tiverton on the
cleared and replanted over the last 30 yrs. Good views of
Bickleigh road (A396). Turn off the A396 to Ashley & then
Sharpham House and River Dart. Azaleas and hydrangeas
immediately L. Take the drive to the L of Ashley Court
Lodge Cottage (don’t go up Ashley Back Lane where the are a feature.
SatNav will direct you). Sat 26 Feb, Fri 15 Apr, Thur fb
2 June, Wed 14 Sept (11-4.30). Adm £6, chd free.
Speciality teas inc many delicious vegan recipes 7 BACKSWOOD FARM
& cakes containing fruits and vegetables from the Bickleigh, Tiverton, EX16 8RA. Andrew Hughes,
walled kitchen garden. Ashley Court is a small Regency 01884 855005, andrew@backswood.co.uk. 2m SE of
country house with an historically interesting walled kitchen Tiverton. Take A396 off the A361. Turn L to Butterleigh
garden currently undergoing restoration. The garden is opp Tesco, L at mini r’about, after 150 yds turn R up
unusually situated in a deep valley and has a frost window Exeter Hill for 2m then 1st R to Bickleigh. After 500 yds
and the remains of several glasshouses and cold frames. turn 1st R into farm entrance. Sat 9, Sun 10 July (2-5).
View the apple loft, root stores, stable buildings, woodland Adm £6, chd free. Home-made teas in the Sheep
walk and lawns, borders and beautiful mature trees. A Barn. Gluten & dairy free options available. Visits
single concrete path runs the whole length of the kitchen also by arrangement Apr to Aug.
garden, providing a view down over the whole. This newly created 2 acre nature garden provides many
efgCabc uniquely designed homes for wildlife. Wander through
the flower meadow visiting individually designed areas,
6 AVENUE COTTAGE structures, water features and ponds. Seating areas afford
Ashprington, Totnes, TQ9 7UT. Mr stunning views towards Exmoor and Dartmoor. Both native
Richard Pitts & Mr David Sykes, and herbaceous plants have been chosen to benefit insect
01803 732769, richard.pitts@btinternet.com, and bird life. A Photographic Exhibition will be open each
www.avenuecottage.com. 3m SW of Totnes. A381 day. WC available.
Totnes to Kingsbridge for 1m; L for Ashprington, ab
into village then L by pub. Garden ¼m on R after
Sharpham Estate sign. Tue 17, Wed 18 May, Tue 2,12 Devon National Garden Scheme www.ngs.org.uk Devon NGS @DevonNGS
9 BICKHAM HOUSE
GROUP OPENING Kenn, Exeter, EX6 7XL. Julia Tremlett, 01392 832671,
jandjtremlett@hotmail.com. 6m S of Exeter, 1m off A38.
8 BARNSTAPLE WORLD GARDENS Leave A38 at Kennford Services, follow signs to Kenn,
1st R in village, follow lane for ¾m to end of no through
Your visits change lives. We are Hospice UK’s largest charitable funder. £5.5million supporting local hospices.
Anne Crescent, Little Elche, Barnstaple, EX31 3AF. 31
Anne Cres L off Old Torrington Rd into Phillips Ave then rd. Only use SatNav once you are in the village of Kenn.
follow signs: 21 Becklake Close from A3125 turn into Sun 20 Mar, Sat 16, Sun 17 Apr, Sun 8, Sun 22 May,
Roundswell on Westermoor Way then signs: 25 Elmfield Sun 12, Sun 26 June, Sun 10, Sun 24 July, Sun 14,
Rd from B3233 L at Bickington PO. Sun 7 Aug (11-4). Sun 21 Aug, Sat 3, Sun 4 Sept (1.30-5). Adm £6, chd
Combined adm £5, chd free. Light refreshments. free. Home-made teas. Visits also by arrangement
Japanese snacks, teas and cakes. Mar to Aug. 6 acres with lawns, borders, mature trees.
Formal parterre with lily pond. Walled garden with colourful
31 ANNE CRESCENT profusion of vegetables and flowers. Palm tree avenue
Mr Gavin Hendry. leading to millennium summerhouse. Late summer colour
with dahlias, crocosmia, agapanthus etc. Cactus and
21 BECKLAKE CLOSE succulent greenhouse. Pelargonium collection. Lakeside
Karen & Steve Moss. walk. WC, disabled access.
25 ELMFIELD ROAD efgCabp
Nigel & Carol Oates.
10 u BLACKPOOL GARDENS
Explore 3 very different spaces, one focusing on everything Dartmouth, TQ6 0RG. Sir Geoffrey Newman,
Japanese, one on tropical plants, and one to interest the 01803 771801, beach@blackpoolsands.co.uk,
plantsman. 31 Anne Crescent: N Devon’s Little Elche. Small www.blackpoolsands.co.uk. 3m SW of Dartmouth.
urban L-shaped tropical garden complete with wide variety
From Dartmouth follow brown signs to Blackpool Sands
of palms, agaves, bananas, cacti, tree ferns and delightful
on A379. Entry tickets, parking, WCs & refreshments
pond loaded with a wide variety of colourful koi. 21 Becklake
available at Blackpool Sands. Sorry, no dogs permitted.
Close: All things Japanese. 25 Elmfield Rd: Front: mixed
borders and gravel area containing hardy palms and Mount For opening times and information, please phone, email
Etna Broom. Rear: L shaped patio leading to lawn edged or visit garden website. Carefully restored C19 subtropical
by mixed borders of unusual plants. The overall impression plantsman’s garden with collection of mature and newly
is of a colourful but calm place, enhanced by the sound of planted tender and unusual trees, shrubs and carpet of
the stream trickling past the end of the garden. A garden to spring flowers. Paths and steps lead gradually uphill and
attract those interested in plants with a difference. above the Captain’s Seat offering fine coastal views. Recent
plantings follow the southern hemisphere theme with
gbpc callistemons, pittosporums, acacias and buddlejas.
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Holbrook, Sampford Peverell
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please make a donation next time you visit a garden. Thankswww.ngs.org.uk Devon NGS @DevonNGS Devon National Garden Scheme 13
Your visits change lives. £8.5million to Marie Curie to fund nurses caring for people in their own homes.
Backswood Farm, Bickleigh
11 N BLUNDELL’S SCHOOL GARDENING
PROJECT FOOTLANDS
Blundells Road, Tiverton, EX16 4DN. Harry Flower. TQ13 9JX. Jon & Helen Elliott.
From Tiverton: Continue up Blundells Rd, take 1st R into GLEAM TOR
School. Follow parking signs over mini r’about and park TQ13 9DH. Gillian & Colin Liddy.
on signed field. Sat 21, Sun 22 May (1-4). Adm £5, chd GREEN HEDGES
free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs. TQ13 9LZ. Alan & Linda Jackson.
org.uk for information & booking. Cream teas.
2 REDWOODS
Pupils of the school have created an area of vegetable
TQ13 9YG. Mrs Julia Mooney.
production to supply the school kitchens and have created
a wildlife pond, cut flower beds, chicken run and an area 11 ST PETER’S CLOSE
of wildflowers with outdoor seating area. Also open - the TQ13 9ES. Pauline & Keith Gregory.
Headmaster’s Garden and other areas of the grounds. Pupils
will be on hand to talk about the different projects they are Nestling in the Dartmoor foothills, Bovey Tracey offers a
undertaking in the garden. Fairly steep gravel and grass paths. wide range of gardens. Colourful 11 St Peter’s Close has
egbpc a mini railway and art exhibition, while Ashwell’s steeply
sloping, stone-walled acre has a vineyard, orchard,
vegetables, mixed borders, wildflower areas and extensive
GROUP OPENING views. Green Hedges is packed full of interest – colourful
borders, shade plants, organic vegetables, greenhouses
12 BOVEY TRACEY GARDENS and a stream. There’s lots to enjoy at Gleam Tor - long
Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9NA. 6m N of Newton Abbot. Take herbaceous border, white garden, wildflower meadow,
A382 to Bovey Tracey. Car parking at town car parks or prairie planting, interesting ‘memory patio’ (and Colin’s
on some roads for Ashwell, Green Hedges & 11 St Peter’s legendary cakes for tea), and at Footlands, recently
Close & on roads for 4 gardens to S of town. Sat 11, Sun redesigned, with unusual and colourful shrubs, conifers,
12 June (1.30-5.30). Combined adm £7, chd free. young trees, perennials and grasses. 2 Redwoods has
Home-made teas at Gleam Tor. Wine at Ashwell. mature trees, a Dartmoor leat, a fernery, a sunny gravel
garden and acid loving shrubs, while 5 Bridge Cottages is
a productive, imaginatively designed and quirky cottage
ASHWELL garden within an historical pottery site. Partial wheelchair
TQ13 9EJ. Jeanette Pearce. access, none at St Peter’s Close, Ashwell or Green Hedges.
5 BRIDGE COTTAGES egbc
TQ13 9DR. Cath Valentine.14 Devon National Garden Scheme www.ngs.org.uk Devon NGS @DevonNGS
13 BRADFORD TRACEY HOUSE
Witheridge, Tiverton, EX16 8QG. Elizabeth Wilkinson. 20
mins from Tiverton. Postcode will get you to thatched lodge
GROUP OPENING
at bottom of drive which has 2 bouncing hares on the top. 15 BRENDON GARDENS
Sat 21, Sun 22 May (1.30-5). Adm £6, chd free. Tea and Brendon, Lynton, EX35 6PU. 01598 741343,
cake served takeaway style to enjoy in the garden. lalindevon@yahoo.co.uk. 1m S of A39 N Devon coast rd
A pleasure garden set around a Regency hunting lodge between Porlock and Lynton. Sat 9, Sun 10 Apr, Sat 11,
combining flowers with grasses, shrubs and huge trees in Sun 12 June (11-4.30). Combined adm £5, chd free.
a natural and joyful space. It is planted for productivity and Higher Tippacott Farm serves light lunches, home-
sustainability giving harvests of wonderful flowers, fruits, made cakes, inc gluten free & cream teas. WC. Visits
herbs and vegetables (and weeds!). There are beautiful also by arrangement Apr to Sept.
views over the lake, forest walks, deep blowsy borders, an
With your help Devon NGS raised over £150,000 in 2021. Let’s beat that in 2022.
ancient wisteria and an oriental treehouse garden.
HALL FARM
gbpc Karen Wall.
14 BRAMBLE TORRE HIGHER TIPPACOTT FARM
Angela & Malcolm Percival.
Dittisham, nr Dartmouth, TQ6 0HZ. Paul & Sally
Vincent, www.rainingsideways.com. ¾m from
Stunning part of Exmoor National Park. Excellent walking
Dittisham. Leave A3122 at Sportsman’s Arms. Drop down
along river and through village; map available online or pick
into village, at Red Lion turn L to Cornworthy. Continue
up from gardens. Hall Farm: C16 longhouse set in 2 acres
¾m, Bramble Torre straight ahead. Follow signs to car
of tranquil mature gardens, with lake and wild area beyond.
park. Fri 10, Sat 11, Sun 12 June (2-5). Adm £5, chd Idyllic setting with views. Black swans, rare Whitebred
free. Cream teas. Shorthorn cattle, bees and chickens. Higher Tippacott
Set in 30 acres of farmland in the beautiful South Hams, the Farm: 950ft altitude on moor, facing south overlooking its
3 acre garden follows a rambling stream through a steep own valley with stream and pond. Interesting planting in
valley: lily pond, herbaceous borders, roses, camellias, areas on various levels with lawns and paths. Young fruit
lawns and shrubs, a formal herb and vegetable garden. All trees in meadow. Vegetable patch with sea glimpse. Lovely
are dominated by a huge embothrium glowing scarlet in late views along valley and towards high moorland. Plants,
spring against a sometimes blue sky! Well behaved dogs on produce, books and bric-a-brac for sale. Display of vintage
leads welcome. Partial wheelchair access, parts of garden telephones and toys.
very steep and uneven. Tea area with wheelchair access
and excellent garden view. fgbc
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Can you help distribute these booklets? Please contact your local volunteer. See page 4.
For a day out brimming with colour, scenic views
and inspiration, visit RHS Garden Rosemoor
RHS Registered Charity No. 222879/SC038262
Find us 1 mile south of Great Torrington at EX38 8PH
Your visit supports
our work as a charity
16 THE BRIDGE MILL areas linked to established and newly planted herbaceous
Mill Rd, Bridgerule, Holsworthy, EX22 7EL. Rosie & borders and shrubberies. Views over Devon countryside.
Alan Beat, 01288 381341, rosie@thebridgemill.org.uk, Dogs on leads only please. Lunches available at Dartmoor
www.thebridgemill.org.uk. In Bridgerule village on R Lodge Hotel and Furzeleigh Hotel nearby, also in Ashburton
Tamar between Bude & Holsworthy. Between the chapel by town centre. There is wheelchair access to the main
river bridge & church at top of hill. Garden is at bottom of hill terrace, one of the greenhouses and to the wildlife pond at
opp Short & Abbott agricultural engineers. See website for the bottom of the garden.
detailed directions. Sun 29 May (11-5). Adm £4, chd free. efgbpc
Home-made teas in garden with friendly ducks if fine
or in stable if wet. Plenty of dry seating. Visits also by BROOMCLOSE
arrangement May & June for groups of 15+. off the road to Porlock Weir, Porlock, TA24 8NU.
One acre organic gardens around mill house and restored See Somerset, Bristol & South Gloucestershire
working water mill. Cottage garden style planting; herb
garden with medicinal and dye plants; productive fruit and 18 u BURROW FARM GARDENS
vegetable garden, and wild woodland and water garden
Dalwood, Axminster, EX13 7ET. Mary & John Benger,
by mill. 16 acre smallholding: lake and riverside walks,
01404 831285, enquiries@burrowfarmgardens.co.uk,
wildflower meadows, friendly livestock, sheep, ducks
www.burrowfarmgardens.co.uk. 3½m W of Axminster.
and hens. The historic water mill was restored to working
order in April 2012 and in 2017 was awarded a plaque From A35 turn N at Taunton Xrds then follow brown signs.
by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. For For opening times and information, please phone, email
other opening times and information, please see website. or visit garden website.
Wheelchair access to some of gardens plus accessible WC. This beautiful 13 acre garden has unusual trees, shrubs and
herbaceous plants. Traditional summerhouse looks towards
egbp lake and ancient oak woodland with rhododendrons and
azaleas. Early spring interest and superb autumn colour. The
17 BROCTON COTTAGE
more formal Millennium garden features a rill. Anniversary
Pear Tree, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7QZ. Mrs garden featuring late summer perennials and grasses. Café,
Naomi Hindley. ¼m from A38. Leave A38 at Princtetown nursery and gift shop with range of Garden Ironwork. Various
turning and turn R at end of slip road. Parking is restricted events inc spring and summer plant fair and open air theatre
so if possible park by Shell garage & walk up road to held at garden each yr. Visit events page on website for more
thatched house. Thur 2, Fri 3, Sat 4, Sun 5 June (2-5). details. Winner of the Public Gardens category of The English
Adm £5, chd free. Home-made teas. Garden’s The Nation’s Favourite Gardens 2021. Featuring in
1.3 acres recovered from neglect, starting to look English Garden Magazine May 2022.
wonderful. Orchard, woodland, ponds and productive efgCb16 Devon National Garden Scheme www.ngs.org.uk Devon NGS @DevonNGS
LANDSCOVE, NR. ASHBURTON, DEVON TQ13 7LY
01803 762273 bluebird@hillhousenursery.com
Open: 11am to 4.45pm, seven days a week,
including Easter Sunday
Hill House Nursery is a family run concern staffed by a team of
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knowledgeable and helpful people. We’re a Nursery, not a garden
centre and we raise most of our stock ourselves. We stock over
3000 varieties of plants from the well known to the rare and unusual,
.
including Thunbergias, Passiflorae, Solanums, Pandoreas, Araujia,
Ipomoea, Leonotis, Alyogyne etc. Our 3 acre garden is open free
of and
charge
our Tea Room serves
home made cakes,
scones,
soups
and light lunches inside and in the garden.
Tea Room closed
Mondays except Bank
Holidays. The Nursery closes
for 2 weeks
only
on
the Friday before
Christmas Day.
Please see our
website for more information and directions.
Higher Tippacott Farm, Brendon Gardens, Lynton
19 u CADHAY rhododendrons with grass paths meandering through a sea
Ottery St Mary, EX11 1QT. Rupert Thistlethwayte, of bluebells. Home to National Collection of Quercus (Oaks).
01404 813511, jayne@cadhay.org.uk, From time to time within the gardens are a flock of Jacob
www.cadhay.org.uk. 1m NW of Ottery St Mary. On B3176 sheep and rare breed woodland pigs. Lanning Roper’s
between Ottery St Mary & Fairmile. From E exit A30 at Iron favourite garden (Country Life 1969). Recently planted
Bridge. From W exit A30 at Patteson’s Cross, follow brown collection of birches and witch hazels. Orchard of West
signs for Cadhay. For NGS: Sat 28, Sun 29, Mon 30 May, country apples and recently added mazzards.
Sun 28, Mon 29 Aug (2-5). Adm £5, chd £1. Cream teas. fdbc
For other opening times and information, please phone,
email or visit garden website. CHIDEOCK MANOR
Tranquil 2 acre setting for Tudor manor house. 2 medieval Chideock, Bridport, DT6 6LF.
fish ponds surrounded by rhododendrons, gunnera, See Dorset
hostas and flag iris. Roses, clematis, lilies and hellebores
surround walled water garden. 120ft herbaceous border 21 COOMBE MEADOW
walk informally planted. Magnificent display of dahlias Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7HU.
throughout. Walled kitchen gardens have been turned into Angela & Mike Walker, 07775 627237,
allotments and old apple store is now a tea room. Gravel coombemeadow2016@gmail.com. Opp Waterleat. Enter
paths. Ashburton town centre, turn onto North St. After Victoria
efCb Inn, bear R at junction, do not cross bridge to Buckland in
the Moor. Follow signs. Sat 16, Sun 17 Apr, Sun 1, Mon
CARMINOWE VALLEY GARDEN 2 May, Sat 23, Sun 24 July (11-4). Adm £4.50, chd
Tangies, Gunwalloe, TR12 7PU. free. Light refreshments. Visits also by arrangement
See Cornwall Mar to Sept for groups of 5 to 20. Maximum 8 cars.
This lost garden, by a beautiful Dartmoor stream was
20 CHEVITHORNE BARTON overgrown and neglected. Since 2016 its mature magnolias,
Chevithorne, Tiverton, EX16 7QB. Head Gardener, camellias, azaleas and other trees have been rescued. Paths
chevithornebarton.co.uk. 3m NE of Tiverton. Follow and ponds have been cleared, archaeology preserved,
yellow signs from A361, A396 or Sampford Peverell. Sun borders created, bridges and terraces repaired and over
1 May, Sun 5 June, Sun 3 July, Sun 7 Aug (2.30-5.30). 15,000 bulbs planted. The meadows contain wild daffodils
Adm £6, chd free. Light refreshments. and bluebells, so in spring the garden is a kaleidoscope of
Walled garden, summer borders and Robinsonian inspired colour. Wheelchair access to front and rear patios only.
woodland of rare trees and shrubs. In spring, garden ebc
features a large collection of magnolias, camellias, andwww.ngs.org.uk Devon NGS @DevonNGS Devon National Garden Scheme 17
Do you organise group visits? A warm welcome and wonderful tea await you. See contacts in garden details.
Cadhay, Ottery St Mary
22 DERRYDOWN Situated in stunning valley location. Garden surrounds
Sparkwell, Plymouth, PL7 5DF. Peter & Ann Tremain, original mill pond and the microclimate created within the
07940 543707, anntremain1942@gmail.com. From wooded valley enables tender species to flourish. Recent
Treby Arms in Sparkwell, 100yds on, take RH fork. planting of herbaceous, stream and summer garden give
Derrydown is 2nd property on R, a bungalow on the variety through the season.
corner. Visits by arrangement Apr to Sept for groups of fgb
up to 25. Adm £5, chd free. Cream teas.
Newly created ½ acre with raised beds, quirky fish pond. DUNKERY VIEW
Pagoda with kiwi and grape vines. Water harvesting and Brandish Street, Allerford, Minehead, TA24 8HR.
rill. Lawn surrounded by hydrangeas and herbaceous. See Somerset, Bristol & South Gloucestershire
2020 new plot added with a 50ft circular lawn, frog pond,
berry hedge, wild meadows, flowers, moon gates, double 24 DUNLEY HOUSE
glazed greenhouses. Rain water harvesting and upcycling.
Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9PW. Mr & Mrs F Gilbert. 2m E
Panoramic views. Children’s quiz. By arrangement min
of Bovey Tracey on rd to Hennock. From A38 going W
group size 4 with a max of 25. Dogs on leads. turn off slip rd R towards Chudleigh Knighton on B3344,
egb in village follow yellow signs to Dunley House. From A38
eastwards turn off on Chudleigh K slip rd L and follow
23 u DOCTON MILL signs. Sat 28, Sun 29 May, Sat 15, Sun 16 Oct (2-5).
Lymebridge, Hartland, EX39 6EA. Lana & John Adm £6, chd free. Home-made teas.
Borrett, 01237 441369, docton.mill@btconnect.com, 9 acre garden set among mature oaks, sequoiadendrons
www.doctonmill.co.uk. 8m W of Clovelly. Follow brown and a huge liquidambar started from a wilderness in mid
tourist signs on A39 nr Clovelly. For NGS: Sun 12 June eighties. Rhododendrons, camellias and over 40 different
(10-4.30). Adm £5, chd free. Cream teas and light magnolias. Arboretum, walled garden with borders and fruit
lunches available all day. For other opening times and vegetables, rose garden and new enclosed garden with
and information, please phone, email or visit garden lily pond. Large pond renovated 2016 with new plantings.
website. Woodland walk around perimeter of property.
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26 EAST WOODLANDS FARMHOUSE
Alverdiscott, Newton Tracey, Barnstaple,EX31 3PP. Ed &
Heather Holt, 07342 632211, heatherholtexmoor@gmail.
com. 5m NE of Great Torrington, 5m S of Barnstaple, off B3232.
From Grt Torrington turn R into single track rd before Alverdiscott;
& from Barnstaple turn L after Alverdiscott. 1m down rd R fork
at Y-junction. Sat 9, Sun 10 July (2-5). Adm £5, chd free.
Home-made teas. Gluten free cakes available. Visits also
Check the website for additional ‘pop up’ days or sign up for the newsletter on www.ngs.org.uk
by arrangement July & Aug for groups of 10+.
East Woodlands is a beautiful RHS inspired and designed
garden full of rooms packed with plants, shrubs and trees.
Enjoy the spectacular bamboos, flowing grasses, colourful
roses, Mediterranean, Japanese, cottage and bog gardens
(unfenced pond), all set in an acre looking out over N Devon
countryside. Occasional live music. Lots of seating areas and
teas served in vintage crockery. Partial wheelchair access.
egbc
27 EAST WORLINGTON HOUSE
East Worlington, Witheridge, Crediton, EX17 4TS.
Barnabas & Campie Hurst-Bannister. In centre of E
Worlington, 2m W of Witheridge. From Witheridge Square
R to E Worlington. After 1½m R at T-junction in Drayford,
then L to Worlington. After ½m L at T-junction. 200 yds on
L. Parking nearby, disabled parking at house. Sun 27 Feb,
Sun 6 Mar (1.30-5). Adm £4, chd free. Cream teas in
thatched parish hall next to house. Refreshments in aid
of Parish Hall. Thousands of purple crocuses feature in this
2 acre garden, set in a lovely position with views down the
valley to the Little Dart river. These spectacular crocuses
have spread over many years through the garden and into
the neighbouring churchyard. Walks from the garden across
the river and into the woods. Dogs on leads please.
Mothecombe House efb
28 FOXHOLE COMMUNITY GARDEN
Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6EB. Zoe Jong, www.
GROUP OPENING foxholecommunitygarden.org.uk. On the Dartington Estate
near the Foxhole Centre at Old School Farm. Sun 3 July,
25 EAST CORNWORTHY GARDENS Sun 18 Sept (10-3). Adm £4, chd free. Home-made teas.
East Cornworthy, Totnes, TQ9 7HQ. Leave A3122 at Beautiful community garden and orchard on the Dartington
Sportsman’s Arms to Dittisham. At Red Lion L to Totnes. Estate. Since 2016 it has been developed to provide a
Continue 1m following signs to East Cornworthy. Sat 16, garden space for all abilities. Garden tour at 11am and 1pm
Sun 17 July (2-5). Combined adm £6, chd free. Cream presenting organic, no-dig low maintenance principles.
teas at Rivendale. Raised vegetable beds, orchard, herb, wildlife, wildflower,
cutting flower, pond and potager planting areas. Full of colour,
produce and wildlife. Parking directly outside the garden, main
BLACKNESS BARN area of the garden accessible by wheelchair as is the WC.
Andrew & Karen Davis.
efgbpc
BROOK
John & Michelle Pain. 29 N GOODWILL GARDENS
RIVENDALE FARM Bickington, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6JY. Michael Hext.
Simon & Lesley Stubbs. Nr to Granny Pats Tiny Farmshop & Nursery on old A38
TOAD HALL Liverton to Bickington rd. Past Welcome Stranger pub
Denis & Jacky Kerslake. next to layby on R before Bickington. Sat 16, Sun 17,
Mon 18, Sat 30 Apr, Sun 1, Sat 21, Sun 22, Sat 28,
East Cornworthy is a small hamlet nestling in a valley just Sun 29 May, Sat 27, Sun 28 Aug, Sat 3, Sun 4 Sept
outside the village of Dittisham near the River Dart where (11-4.30). Adm £4, chd free. Light refreshments on
4 beautiful gardens will be opening their gates in July. the decking area. A small nursery and smallholding with
Surrounded by rolling hills, with Dartmoor in the distance, a large wild flower area also shrubs herbaceous perennials
you can enjoy woodland walks, streams, ponds as well as beds, flowers full of insects and birds no-dig vegetable and
interesting planting and magnificent mixed borders in sun soft fruit area, large cut flower area, sweetpeas, dahlias and
and shade in these very different gardens. A Devonshire lots more. Small wildflower meadow in apple orchard with pet
cream tea will complete the afternoon. geese, pigs and hens and polytunnels. The garden, which was
gb started in 1990 on a steep site, is now laid out in terraces.
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30 u GOREN FARM welcome on a lead only, please clean up after your pet.
Broadhayes, Stockland, Honiton, EX14 9EN. Julian efbpc
Pady, 01404 881335, gorenfarm@hotmail.com,
www.goren.co.uk/pages/open-days. 6m E of Honiton, 6m 31 GREATCOMBE
W of Axminster. Go to Stockland television mast. Head 100 Holne, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7SP. Robbie & Sarah
metres N signed from Ridge Cross, head E towards ridge. For Richardson. 4m NW Ashburton via Holne Bridge & Holne
NGS: Sat 4, Sun 5, Sat 11, Sun 12 June (11-7). Adm £5, village. 4m NE Buckfastleigh via Scorriton. Narrow lanes. Large
chd £2. Home-made teas. Groups of more than 4 are car park adjacent to garden. Sat 30 Apr, Sun 1, Mon 2 May,
asked to book their cream teas in advance. The farm Thur 2, Fri 3, Sat 4, Sun 5, Fri 24, Sat 25, Sun 26 June, Fri
has a licence to serve cider. For other opening times and 22, Sat 23, Sun 24 July, Fri 19, Sat 20, Sun 21 Aug (1-5).
information, please phone, email or visit garden website. Adm £5, chd free. Home-made teas. An oasis of a garden
Wander through 50 acres of natural species rich wildflower hidden in a Dartmoor valley with a fast growing reputation for
Look out for the yellow NGS road signs. Great gardens and great cake await you.
meadows. Easy access footpaths. Dozens of varieties of its unusual planting and colour schemes (and home-made
wild flowers and grasses. Thousands of orchids from early teas) set in 2 acres and evoking a deep sense of tranquillity.
June and butterflies in July. Stunning views of Blackdown Moorland stream, spring flowering shrubs and bulbs, summer
Hills. Georgian house and walled gardens. In August it’s climbers, perennial borders, wide variety of hydrangeas and
late season and the meadows are setting seed, ready to grasses, a haven for pollinators. Art, plants and metalwork
be mown. Butterflies, beetles and many other insects are for sale. Artist’s studio featuring brightly coloured acrylic
in abundance on the grasses and wild flower seed heads. paintings, prints and cards all available to purchase along with
Café, pick your own and farm shop. Nature trail with ornamental metal plant supports in all sizes and shapes and
species information signs and picnic tables. Visit the cider ‘Made by Robbie’ metal artefacts. Western Morning News.
museum, walled gardens and greenhouses. Various music Devon Life. Dartmoor magazine. BBC Radio.
events are held throughout the summer. Visit website for
more details. Partial wheelchair access to meadows. Dogs fgb
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bamboos | herbs & grasses | pots
Dorset NGS, Pugin Hall, Rampisham,
We also offer delivery, planting services and garden design.
Nr Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0PR
MATFORD HOME FARM | EXETER | EX2 8XT 9 A M - 5 P M | MON - SAT
01392 253266 | info@urbanrural.cloud 10AM - 4PM | S U N D A Y
Somerset & Bristol NGS, Church View,
Front Street, Churchill, Winscombe,
@ POWDERHAM PICTURESQUE GARDEN CENTRE
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perennials | bedding plants | roses | shrubs
For a copy of the Devon booklet for climbers | fruit & vegetable plants | herbs
next year, to be sent when available, indoor plants | succulents & cacti | seeds
(Mark the envelope ‘2023’) Devon NGS,
gardening tools | pots | gifts
Sutton Mead, Moretonhampstead,
Devon, TQ13 8PW New stock arriving every week.
POWDERHAM COUNTRY STORE | KENTON | EX6 8JQ 9 A M - 5 P M | MON - SAT
01626 891133 | info@urbanrural.cloud 10AM - 5PM | S U N D A Y
and visit www.ngs.org.uk
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There are brilliant plant sales at many gardens. Look out for the flower symbol in garden details.
Sidbury Manor, Sidbury
23,24 Apr
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33 HALSCOMBE FARM many surprises. Water features, shrubs, foliage area, grasses
Halscombe Lane, Ide, Exeter, EX2 9TQ. Prof J in an unusual setting, fernery, bonsai and polytunnel, plus
Rawlings, jgshayward@tiscali.co.uk. From Exeter go masses of colourful plants. You will never have seen a garden
through Ide to mini r’about take 2nd exit and continue to like this! Free leaflet. We like our visitors to leave with a smile!
L turn into Halscombe Lane. Sat 25, Sun 26 June (2-5). Child friendly. A ‘must visit’ unique and interactive garden
Adm £5, chd free. Home-made teas. Visits also by with intriguing artwork of various kinds, original plantings and
arrangement May to Sept. Donation to The Friends of ideas. Featured in Devon Life.
Exeter Cathedral. fgCb
Farmhouse garden created over last 9 yrs. Large collection
of old roses and peonies, long and colourful mixed borders, HARCOMBE HOUSE
productive fruit cage and vegetable garden all set within a Pitman’s Lane, Morcombelake, Bridport, DT6 6EB.
Please look at the advertisements. Our advertisers are great supporters of the NGS.
wonderful borrowed landscape. See Dorset
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35 THE HAVEN
HANGERIDGE FARMHOUSE Wembury Road, Hollacombe, Wembury, South Hams,
Wrangway, Wellington, TA21 9QG. PL9 0DQ. Mrs S Norton & Mr J Norton, 01752 862149,
See Somerset, Bristol & South Gloucestershire suenorton1@hotmail.co.uk. 20mins from Plymouth
city centre. Use A379 Plymouth to Kingsbridge Rd. At
34 HARBOUR LIGHTS Elburton r’about follow signs to Wembury. Parking on
Horns Cross, Bideford, EX39 5DW. Brian & Faith roadside. Bus stop nearby on Wembury Rd. Route 48
Butler, 01237 451627, brian.nfu@gmail.com, from Plymouth. Visits by arrangement Mar to May for
harbourlightsgarden.org. 8m W of Bideford, 3m E of groups of up to 20. Adm £4.50, chd free. Cream teas.
Clovelly. On main A39, so easy to find & access, between ½ acre sloping plantsman’s garden in South Hams AONB.
Bideford and Clovelly, halfway between Hoops Inn & Bucks Tearoom and seating areas. 2 ponds. Substantial collection
Cross. There will be a union jack flag & yellow arrow signs of large flowering Asiatic and hybrid tree magnolias. Large
at the entrance. Sat 18, Sun 19 June (11-5). Adm £4.50, collection of camellias inc Camellia reticulata. Rare dwarf,
chd free. Cream teas, cakes, light lunches, wine all weeping and slow growing conifers. Daphnes, early
available. Refreshments in aid of Clovelly Twinning. Visits azaleas and rhododendrons, spring bulbs and hellebores.
also by arrangement June to Aug for groups of 12+. ½ Wheelchair access to top part of garden.
acre colourful garden with Lundy views. A garden of wit, efgbc
humour, unusual ideas, installation art, puzzles, volcano and
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Greatcombe, Holne
36 HAYNE
Visits also by arrangement Apr to Oct. Donation to
Zeal Monachorum, Crediton, EX17 6DE. Tim & Milla
Rowcroft Hospice. Tranquil secluded valley with streams
Herniman, www.haynedevon.co.uk. ½m S of Zeal
running through woods, ponds and lake - 30 acres of
Monachorum. From Zeal Monachorum, keeping church
spring/summer interest with many sculptures and new
on L, drive through village. Continue on this road for ⅓m,
developments - daffodils, extensive bluebells, large displays
garden drive is 1st entrance on R. Sun 12 June (2-6).
of rhododendrons, many unusual specimen trees, cottage
Adm £5, chd free. Home-made teas. gardens, orchard, wildflower meadow, bog/fern/woodland
In the magical walled garden exciting new planting blends gardens and woodland walks. 2 miles of mainly level sandy
with the beautiful tree peonies, mature wisteria, purple and paths with many benches. Disabled reserved parking close
white, and rambling wild roses in combination with a more
to tea room & WC.
modern Piet Oudolf style perennial planting surrounding
the recently renovated grade II* farm buildings. Extensive efbp
vegetable and cut flower planting adds to the scene. Magic,
mystery and soul by the spadeful! Live jazz band. Disabled 38 HIGH GARDEN
WC. Wheelchair access to walled garden through orchard. Chiverstone Lane, Kenton, EX6 8NJ. Chris & Sharon
efgb Britton, www.highgardennurserykenton.wordpress.
com. 5m S of Exeter on A379 Dawlish Rd. Leaving Kenton
37 HEATHERCOMBE towards Exeter, L into Chiverstone Lane, 50yds along lane
Sun 3 Apr, Sun 1 May, Sun 5 June, Sun 3 July, Sun 4
Manaton, nr Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9XE. Claude &
Sept (12-5). Adm £5, chd free. Home-made teas.
Margaret Pike Woodlands Trust, 01626 354404,
Stunning garden of over 4 acres. Huge range of trees, shrubs,
gardens@pike.me.uk, www.heathercombe.com.
perennials, grasses, climbers and exotics planted over past
7m NW of Bovey Tracey. From Bovey Tracey take
14 yrs Great use of foliage to give texture and substance as
scenic B3387 to Haytor/Widecombe. 1.7m past Haytor
well as offset the floral display. 70 metre summer herbaceous
Rocks (before Widecombe hill) turn R to Hound Tor &
border. Over 40 individual mixed beds surrounded by
Manaton. 1.4m past Hound Tor turn L at Heatree Cross
meandering grass walkways. Exciting new formal plantings.
to Heathercombe. Sun 27 Mar, Sun 8, Sun 15 May
Large range of plants from adjoining plantsman’s nursery.
(1.30-5.30). Every Tue to Sun 21 May to 5 June (1.30-
Donation made to NGS from sales of teas and plants. Slightly
5.30). Every Tue to Sun 11 June to 3 July (11-5.30).
sloping site but the few steps can be avoided.
Adm £6, chd free. Pre-booking essential, please
visit www.ngs.org.uk for information & booking. efgb
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