The Garden House

The Garden House Eight acres of colour and interest throughout the season, featuring 'naturalistic planting' within a beautiful South Devon landscape on the edge of mystical Dartmoor National Park.

The extraordinary variety of planting more than 6,000 different varieties - ensures a feast of colour and interest from March 1 to October 31.
At the heart of this magical place is the walled garden, designed and planted by Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katherine in the mid-1940s. Lionel's successor, Keith Wiley, added his own stamp to this part of the garden, particularly in the Ovals Garden, a sculpture in stone and planting centred on a thatched summerhouse.

Quarry Garden The Garden House is at the forefront of a revolution in 'naturalistic planting' - working in harmony with nature rather than against it, allowing flowers to intermingle to provide living kaleidoscopes of colour.
Another highlight is the Acer Glade: in March it has thousands of Crocus; in April and May azaleas and rhododendrons flower; in October see the autumn colour of the Japanese Maples.