Devon Parks & Gardens

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens

Set in the picturesque Otter Valley 18th century landscaped park combines tranquillity with modern amenities to provide enjoyment for everyone, of all ages, through the four seasons.

Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7BJ Tel: 01395 568465

Coleton Fishacre House & Garden 

Built in a stream-fed valley on a beautiful stretch of the NT-protected South Devon coastline, This has year-round interest with a wide variety of rare and exotic plants, water features and a gazebo with views.
 
Coleton, Kingswear, Dartmouth,  TQ6 0EQ    Tel:01803 752466  Email

Docton Mill & Garden

Situated in a valley 1000m from the coast. The Garden started in the 1930’s but fell into disrepair in the 1970’s. 1980 saw the Mill renovated and Garden cleared with extensive planting and the creation of a new Bog Garden and borders, vast numbers of trees were planted.

Docton Mill Lymebridge Hartland North Devon EX39 6EA   Tel: 01237 441369  Email

Escot Country Park & Gardens

The original gardens were set out by Capability Brown and have been brought to life through the skill and imagination of Land artist and television gardener Ivan Hicks
220 acres of  parkland and gardens filled with rare shrubs and magnificent trees, and teeming with wildlife. There are otters and wild boar, red squirrels and a displays by birds of prey.

Ottery St Mary, EX11 1LU    Tel No:01404 822188   Email

The Garden House

An 8-acre garden on the edge of Dartmoor including a walled garden based around the ruins of a 16th century vicarage.  Cottage and quarry gardens, South African Garden, acer glade and wisteria bridges. Georgian tearooms and plant sales.

The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton   PL20 7LQ  Tel: 01822 854769 Email

Greenway 

Woodland garden on the banks of the Dart estuary.  Renowned for rare half-hardy plants underplanted with native wild flowers. Set within an extensive estate.

Greenway Road, Galmpton, nr Brixham  TQ5 0ES  Tel:01803 842382   Email

Killerton House & Gardens 

18th-century house with costume collection, hillside garden and estate.  The garden  features rhododendrons, magnolias, herbaceous borders and rare trees, as well as an ice house and early 19th-century rustic-style summer house. 

Broadclyst, Exeter  EX5 3LE    Tel: 01392 881345  Email

Overbecks Museum & Garden 

The scientist Otto Overbeck lived here from 1928 to 1937 and the Museum contains his collections of curios and nautical artefacts.  The house is set in 7 acres of gardens with views over the Salcombe estuary.

Sharpitor, Salcombe, TQ8 8LW   Tel:01548 842893  Email

RHS Garden Rosemoor

A 40 acre garden set in the  Torridge Valley of North Devon. The original 8 acre garden was created by Lady Anne Berry in a hillside setting full of flowering trees, shrubs, roses, bulbs and herbaceous plants.

Rosemoor, Great Torrington,  EX38 8PH  Tel: 01805 624067

Winsford Walled Garden

A Victorian garden located in North Devon, Winsford Walled Garden can trace the family of the original owners to 1755, friends of whom include US President Theodore Roosevelt
This garden features Agapanthus, Cannas, ornamental gingers, herbs and large numbers of herbaceous perennials. The 300' south wall grows subtropical climbers. Developing bamboo grove and alpine house.

Winsford Lane, Halwill Junction, Devon, EX21 5XT  Tel: 01409 221477  Email