Castle Drogo Gardens
South Devon is blessed with fantastic public gardens to visit. This guide will hopefully encourage you to explore them at all times of the year.
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Royal Avenue Gardens
The Quay, Dartmouth, TQ6 9PSStarting with a nice, easy one the Royal Avenue Gardens in Dartmouth are much more than a great place to watch the music festival and regatta fireworks. The garden’s been a meeting place for bonfires and fairs in the town for centuries, and became an official park in1887 with funds raised to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee.
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Coleton Fishacre
Travel back in time to the Jazz Age at the country home of the D’Oyly Carte family with its magical 30-acre garden where paths weave through glades, past tranquil ponds and tender plants in the moist and sheltered valley.
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Fast Rabbit Farm
Fast Rabbit’s garden occupies 42 acres of the secluded Strawberry Valley, three miles out of Dartmouth.
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Dartington Hall Gardens
Dartington Hall , Totnes, TQ9 6EDThe spectacular Grade 2 listed gardens of the 1,200-acre Dartington Hall estate are open all year round and budding with spring life right now.
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Greenway
In Spring, the former holiday home of crime writer Agatha Christie bursts into life this time of year. The estate’s glorious and romantic woodland gardens are famous for spring blooms including camellias, rhododendrons and swathes of spring bulbs.
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Blackpool Gardens
Hidden behind the beautiful Blackpool Sands beach and an enticing green door lies a secret sub-tropical garden.
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Overbeck's
The seaside home of inventor and scientist Otto Overbeck is perched high on the cliffs above Salcombe, with amazing views over the estuary and coast. The gardens contain a hidden paradise of tropical plants, including palm trees, banana plants, citrus and olive trees.
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Homeyards Botanical Gardens
Homeyards Botanical Gardens Torquay Road, Shaldon, TQ14 0BDHomeyards is on a sloping hillside above Shaldon with fantastic views of Teignmouth and the coastline beyond. The gardens, created in the late 1920s and early 1930s, feature a castle ruin; pond and rill garden; and Italian Garden.
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Lukesland Gardens
Lukesland’s noted collection of camellias, rhododendrons, magnolias and azaleas provides a spectacular show of colour in the spring, against a wonderful backdrop of wild flowers.
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Saltram Gardens
Lose yourself along secluded walks in Saltram's garden or laze about on the grass. It's an ideal space for all ages to explore, with expansive lawns, romantic follies, impressive avenues and a working orangery with fountain outside.
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Buckland Abbey Gardens
The Abbey garden features beautiful camellias, rhododendrons and magnolias. From the garden you can see right across the valley to the woodland stretching down to the river Tavy.
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Castle Drogo Gardens
The gardens at Castle Drogo include a 12-acre formal garden, Rose Garden which the owner created for his wife Frances as roses were her favourite flowers, and The Bunty House created for his daughter.
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Stone Lane Gardens
This enchanting five-acre woodland garden on the edge of Dartmoor is famous for national collections of birch and alder trees and its annual Mythic Garden sculpture exhibition.
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The Garden House
The Garden House is a beautiful garden steeped in history and set in a tranquil Devon valley with a diverse plant collection of nearly 6,000 varieties. Wonderful examples of naturalistic planting can be found at the Acer Glade, Wildflower and Bulb Meadows and Cottage Garden.
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Bicton Park Botanical Gardens
These magnificent Grade 1 listed gardens are set in the picturesque Otter Valley. The superbly landscaped park combines 18th century tranquility with modern amenities, featuring historic glasshouses, nature trail, maze, restaurant and shop.
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