6½-acre garden with extensive beautiful views. Mature garden undergoing refreshment. A variety of different areas; lower walled garden with glasshouses, formal rose garden with fountain, camellia walk with small leat and secret garden with Lady Ashburton's plunge pool built 1763. 2.6 acre vegetable garden sheltered by high granite walls housing 9 allotments and lily pond.
The garden lies within the Dartmoor National Park, approximately four miles north west of Ashburton on the Princetown road. It is approached by two long drives with Upper and Lower Lodges.
The garden of six and a half acres has extensive and beautiful views. A mature garden with new plantings over the last three years and is still evolving. Spring flowering shrubs of Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Camellias, Magnolias and bulbs.
There is a variety of very different areas, from the Lower Walled Garden with Glass Houses, a formal Rose garden with fountain, Camellia Walk with a small leat and the special secret garden called Lady Ashburton’s Bath. Built by Lord Ashburton as a plunge pool for his wife, fed by a stream running through the garden and containing a bog garden, Candelabra Primulas, Skunk Cabbage and Gunnera.
To complete the tour there is a 2.6-acre vegetable garden (1778), sheltered by high granite walls and comprises an area for the house, 9 allotments, a Lily pond and a paddock for the horse!
Limited plant sales and cream teas complete the picture..
Refreshments:
Home-made teas.
Admission:
- Adult: £5.00
- Child: Free
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