Gardens in Devon
Many of these gardens surround stately homes, so you might try browsing our listings of historic houses as well.
Bicton is a magnificent landscape park and historic gardens inspired by Versailles. There is something for everyone here, including a woodland railway, palm house, a countryside museum of rural life, American gardens, stream garden, pinetum, arboretum, rose garden, Mediterranean garden, and the Italian gardens purportedly designed by Andre Le Notre, designer of the famous gardens at Versailles.
East Budleigh,
Budleigh Salterton,
Devon,
England, EX9 7BJ
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Heritage Highlight: The early Victorian Palm House
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Garden: The gardens surrounding the mansion of Castle Drogo were an original design by Gertrude Jekyll, one of the most influential early 20th century gardeners. There are extensive formal gardens, with woodland walks, profuse roses and spring flowers, yew hedges, herbaceous borders, and more. A very attractive garden to visit!
Drewsteignton,
Exeter,
Dartmoor,
Devon,
England, EX6 6PB
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A fascinating 18th-century landscape garden surrounds the Palladian mansion of Castle Hill, built in 1730. The gardens are dotted with neo-classical follies, statues, and mock temples to create a landscaped woodland of endless appeal. There are formal gardens near the house, which is the home of the Earl and Countess of Arran.
Castle Hill Estate Office, Filleigh, Barnstaple,
Devon,
England, EX32 0RQ
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Heritage Highlight: A remarkable Palladian landscape dating to 1730
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A classic restored Victorian kitchen garden adjoining Clovelly Court manor house. Within the walls of the garden are a range of traditional fruits and vegetables, including cucumbers, peaches, melons, apricots, citrus, vines, a fig tree, chillies, and much more.
Bideford,
Devon,
England, EX39 5SZ
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Garden: This garden was only begun in 1925, and the wet Devon climate makes it ideal for plants that like it wet, such as bamboos, mimosa, and subtropicals. Rare trees, walled and terrace gardens, circular pool and stream gardens, scented plants and herbs. Good autumn colours.
Brownstone Road,
Kingswear,
Dartmouth,
Devon,
England, TQ6 0EQ
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Award-winning flower gardens surround a historic mill building at Docton Mill. Garden features include a bog garden, magnolias, a woodland garden, extremely long herbaceous borders, and riverside walks. Especially good in spring for narcissi.
Lymebridge,
Hartland,
Bideford,
Devon,
England, EX39 6EA
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In a quiet little courtyard off New Street, behind a row of 16th and 17th-century merchants' houses in the heart of Plymouth's historic Barbican district, is this delightful recreation of a walled city garden, planted with historic plant varieties to recreate an authentic Elizabethan garden.
34 New Street, The Barbican, Plymouth,
Devon,
England, PL1 2NA
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Escot Park boasts 220 acres of parkland with historic gardens plus a maze created with over 4000 beech trees. Wilderness paths wind through specimen trees, shrubs, and flowers. Also on the site is a birds of prey centre and exhibits of otters, red squirrels, and wild boar.
Ottery St Mary,
Devon,
England, EX11 1LU
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Heritage Highlight: Capability Brown parkland
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The Sunday Express posed the question: "Is this the best garden in Britain?" and while you are sure to have your own opinion on that one, you are also sure to appreciate the naturalistic plantings of the eight-acre garden of The Garden House, where a 16th-century vicarage tower stands in a terraced walled garden, and the seasons variously offer crocuses, maples, and rhododendrons.
Buckland Monachorum,
Yelverton,
Devon,
England, PL20 7LQ
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Garden: Since the 1950s the grounds of the 12th-century Hartland Abbey have been cleared, restored and replanted. Victorian fernery, woodland gardens, bog garden, 'Ladies' woodland walk, secret walled gardens. Large glasshouses. Longer walks lead to the Cove and spectacular coastal scenery.
Hartland,
Bideford,
Devon,
England, EX39 6DT
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