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20/02/2026

It was all hands on deck for the final phase of the car park project at Overbeck's Garden this month.

A native hedge and bank with a mixture of shrubs and trees, a total of just over 500 hundred new plants were introduced. All sourced from peat‑free from UK nurseries, with most supplied as dormant, young bare‑root stock, an excellent method for establishing new plantings.

It's a diverse selection of more than twenty species, including blackthorn, rowan, hazel and holly, while closer to the water, species that thrive in damp conditions, such as white willow (Salix alba) and grey alder (Alnus incana).

With a large resident deer population nearby, the Garden team have protected the young plants with tree tubes, which are monitored regularly and removed once the trees and shrubs are sufficiently established, offering a valuable habitat and supporting biodiversity.

📸 National Trust / Lauren Hutchinson

Image descriptions: Three images showing a wheelbarrow by the planting area with tools and plants ready, and the Garden team and Rangers protecting the young plants with tubes.

08/02/2026

Did you know, the collective noun for snowdrops are a 'cheer' or 'joy'? They're certainly a cheerful sight in the garden at Overbecks.

Today is National Snowdrop Day, and hopefully your Instagram feed is full of these wonderfully joyful flowers, bringing virtual cheer to wherever you are.

Image description: A cluster of white snowdrop flowers around the base of a tree, with a grass lawn in the background.

27/01/2026

We can't wait to welcome you back when we open in March. In the meantime, we're keeping our fingers crossed for lots of springtime views like this, captured by Head Gardener Ian last year 🌸

Image description: Bright pink magnolia flowers and buds against a deep clear blue sky.

📸 Ian Trought

31/12/2025

Good Morning and Happy New Year from all here at on this frosty New Years Eve morning. When we say ‘frosty’ we mean it’s frosty all around but the garden remains largely frost free as ever- except for this little piece of frozen dew on the bench. Enjoy yourselves an we look forward to seeing you all in the Springtime.

16/12/2025

Recruiting at our garden in Kingswear/Brixham - part time available

11/12/2025

Here we have Milo the Jack Russell, possibly slightly larger than average JRT, modelling one of the banana leaves from Musa sikkimensis, here in the banana garden. The leaves tear in the high winds, to prevent them acting like sails and ripping the plant’s stem from the ground. We are often asked whether we wrap our bananas in Winter. We don’t, because our garden here is walled and hasn’t had a frost in many years. This is unusual for the U.K. and as a rule of thumb you will probably need to at least fleece them if they cannot be brought indoors.

08/12/2025

Utilising the traditional skill of hedgelaying, James has tidied Hazel growth along the path that runs outside the garden wall, creating a new hedge by mixing Devon and Midlands techniques of hedgelaying. The new barrier will grow a hazel hedgerow that will keep the edge of the path tidier, and the boundaries clearer. Well done, James, we have yet to find something you cannot do here. 😊🌱

28/11/2025

here on a calm, cool, sunny day. The bank above the Secret Garden has been cleared and mulched, with interest created by ferns and deadwood. The Statue garden is Millie’s job today- cutting back the cannas and other planting to make way for the hundred of early bulbs we will see in the Spring. All of this is accompanied by our very vocal robin population.

26/10/2025

This is our final week of the season; make the most of it with a visit here, where there is still plenty to see and three spooky crafts to try your hand at - booking essential as spaces are filling fast - Halloween lanterns, spooky stone painting, or pumpkin houses - take your pick and book here:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/overbecks-garden/events

22/10/2025

It’s going to be blowing a hoolie again , so we will be closed on Thursday 23rd October.

15/10/2025

The first photo is the Quarry garden here, packed with a huge variety of colour; each end of the Statue garden is still treating us well into October, and then the pots from the Square are continuing to prove a conversation piece.

07/10/2025

frieze in our conservatory has provided today's social media theme . Many visitors want to know whether the fruiting trees in the car park and around the garden are Strawberry Trees (Arbutus). These trees belong to the Dogwood family, (Cornus), which does not include Arbutus. These fruits are edible, but tasteless with a fibrous skin. There is currently a heavily fruiting Cornus in the car park, there is a much taller Cornus on which we hang our bird feeder, and the final picture is of our stunning Cornus kousa subsp.chinensis on the Woodland Path in the garden.

Address

Overbecks Sharpitor
Salcombe
TQ88LW

Telephone

01548 842893

Website

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/overbecks-garden

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