Visits 2020
We have selected eight gardens in Somerset and Devon
Details about the gardens are listed below which we hope will whet your appetite.
Most of the gardens we will be visiting will have a selection of plants on sale at attractive prices.
To simplify things for this year we will be charging a fixed £7.00 per seat, per trip on the community bus. Any entrance fees to gardens will be on top of this. We hope this makes for an easier arrangement. We regret that the fixed charge is different to that previously advised but we understand that Somerset Council have now removed their subsidies on the community bus.
If you would like to book a seat for any of the trips please speak or email Jenny Boyce in the first instance.
Telephone : 01398 323463
email. boycejenny3@gmail.com
Click on the pictures for more information about the gardens
ALL FUTURE EVENTS ARE POSTPONED AND WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED AS SOON AS WE ARE ABLE TO ESTABLISH FIRM DATES
Tuesday 7th April 2020 Chevithorn Barton, Tiverton
Newly planted areas complement a walled
garden, summer borders and woodland of rare trees and shrubs. In spring, the
garden features a large collection of magnolias, camellias and rhododendrons.
Home to the National Collection of Quercus (Oaks) comprising over 440 different
taxa. From time to time within the gardens are a flock of Jacob sheep and rare
breed woodland pigs.
Monday 4th May 2020 Musselbrook Cottage, Petrockstowe
A 1 acre naturalistic/wildlife/plantsman’s
garden of all-season interest. Many rare and unusual plants on a sloping site.
Nine ponds, stream, Japanese/Mediterranean gardens, wildflower meadow.
Thousands of bulbs, hundreds of ericaceous plants including acers,
rhododendrons, camellias, hydrangeas and magnolias. Grasses, dierama,
crocosmia; a wildlife haven. Aquatic nursery including waterlilies.
Wednesday 3rd June 2020 Glebe Court, Monkton Elm, Taunton
A walled garden with greenhouses,
orchard, vegetable plots, fruit trees and flower beds; herbaceous and shrub
borders with some unusual trees. A series of ponds; 11 acres in all surrounding
the Georgian Rectory.
Friday 3rd July 2020 Linden Rise, Coombe Martin
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with countryside and sea views, a 1½ acre garden of lawns, mature trees and sea views. Children’s play area, pergola, decorative ponds, small orchard and seasonal flower borders.
Tuesday 4th August 2020 Hillcrest, Stoke St Gregory
The garden boasts stunning views
of the Somerset Levels, Burrow Mump and Glastonbury Tor but even on a hazy day
the 5 acre garden offers plenty of interest. Woodland walks, varied borders,
flowering meadow and several ponds; also a kitchen garden, greenhouses,
orchards and unique standing stone as a focal point. Most of the garden is
level with a long, gently sloping path through a flower meadow to a lower pond
and wood.
Wednesday 2nd September 2020 The Newt, Bruton, Castle Cary
For many years this historic
country estate was under restoration and opened as visitor attraction
incorporating its local heritage and curiously cultivated gardens. The Newt – formerly Hadspen House – is a
working estate with a focus on sustainability. The gardens take centre stage
and at their core nestles a walled Parabola with a large collection of trained
apple trees, arranged in a maze. There
is a wide range of cultivated areas including a kitchen garden, a fragrance
garden, colour gardens, cascades, ponds and lakes.
Monday 5th October 2020 Higher Cullaford, Crediton
A
traditional cottage-style garden developed over the past 12 years from a steep
field and farmyard on the northern edge of the Dartmoor National Park. Mixed
borders of herbaceous plants, roses and shrubs. A 30ft pergola is covered with
Seagull rose and many varieties of clematis. A wildlife pond, newly planted
pleached hornbeam hedge. Additional vegetable garden with polytunnel, fruit
cage and fruit trees.