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Holiday Cottages - North Devon |
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Self catering holiday cottages ideal for exploring Exmoor, Dartmoor and the North Devon Coast |
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The Fame of 2000 roses in 200 varieties is spreading - and rightly so, for they are truly a magnificent sight. There are beds of tender perennials, a quarter of a mile of herbaceous borders; contrasting beds of hot and cool colours, a newly planted Winter Garden and spectacular Plantsman's and Foliage Garden with its bamboos, grasses and carefully selected shrubs of fine architectural form. There is a stream that rushes through a 'new' rock gorge planted with ferns and bamboos, then meanders through the bog garden before tumbling down into a magnificent lake.
With its four distinctly different themed areas set in a twenty acre site, Tapeley Gardens are home to a rich and fascinating variety of flowers, trees, shrubs and vegetables. The well known terraced Italian garden, created by Lady Rosamond Christie in the late 19th century, have recently been restored by Mary Keen and Carol Kleins. They now brim with new scents and colours, complimenting the existing rare and tender plants. This, with the stunning views, woodlands and lakes, walled kitchen garden and dairy tea rooms, plant sales and childrens play area make for an extensive and uplifting day.
The winding paths in the Baronet's Bog garden, designed by Gertrude Jekll and until recently hidden by undergrowth, lead to the newly discovered Victorian Fernery and the charming secret walled garden. Being an informal mixture of tender and rare plants, summer perennials, shrubs and vegetables for the house, they are pretty in all seasons. The woodland walk to the beach is a carpet of wildflowers in spring.
A succession of dramatic Himalayan and other species Rhododendrons and a great variety of flowering trees take us through into summer. The three lakes, linked by the biggest bog garden in the west are alive with ducks and multicoloured carp.
The internationally renowned garden blends with natural landscape. Eight acres of sheltered wooded valley with millpond, leats, trout stream crossed by footbridges and smaller streams. The encompassing bog garden is exceptional.
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ROSEMOOR - A garden for gardeners, often featured on
TV. Displaying a stunning variety of garden styles, maturity,
and planting with all year round interest, Rosemoor is rapidly
evolving into a garden of national importance. Its 40 acres are
designed to delight and inspire a wide range of visitors, from
the novice to the professional, and its fascinating explorer
trails are popular with children.
TAPELEY
PARK GARDENS
Marwood
Hill Gardens is the end result of the owner's passion over
50 years collecting an enormous number of trees and shrubs, many
of them very rare, together with many herbaceous and alpine plants.
These have now matured and every season sees an exuberance of
flower with large collections of Camellias and Magnolias in Spring
with a mass underplanting of Snowdrops and Daffodils.
DOCTON
MILL
