The Garden House, Devon

The Garden House, Devon Described as one of the finest gardens in Britain.
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Nearly midsummer and the long days has produced a good selection of interesting plants currently displaying in the garde...
18/06/2026

Nearly midsummer and the long days has produced a good selection of interesting plants currently displaying in the garden. Here's the latest ten. There are many more. Why not pay us a visit to see them.

Astrantia major 'Venice' - in the Summer Garden and other places
Dahlia merckii - in the lower terrace of the Walled garden
Rhaponticum centaureoides - a large thistle like perennial in the bank between the Summer garden and the driveway
Hemerocallis 'Purity' - in the borders each side of the lawn between the Summer and Cottage Gardens
Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common spotted orchid, self sown in the Wildflower Meadow
Oenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks' - in the Cottage Garden
Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum - in a number of places in the garden
Deutzia compacta 'Lavender Time' - in the border between the driveway and the second lawn
Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark' - a variety of the meadow caranesbill in the Cottage Garden area
Hydrangea serrata 'Garden House Beauty' - in the west border of the second lawn

We're open 10:30 to 7:00 for our Twilight Tuesdays, 10:30 to 4:30 Wednesday to Sunday. Closed on Mondays. Dogs are welcome. The cafe is open for cakes and other goodies, and a good selection of seasonal stock is available in the free to enter Plant Sales area to brighten your own gardens.

Plenty of colour in the Cottage and Summer Gardens this week and the walled garden building up to its summer colour peak...
16/06/2026

Plenty of colour in the Cottage and Summer Gardens this week and the walled garden building up to its summer colour peak has provided no shortage of images. The dogwoods are still in flower, with Cornus 'Norman Haddon' opposite the lower entrance to the Walled Garden looking especially resplendent.

We're open 10:30 to 7:00 for our Twilight Tuesdays, 10:30 to 4:30 Wednesday to Sunday. Closed on Mondays. Dogs are welcome. The cafe is open for cakes and other goodies, and a good selection of seasonal stock is available in the free to enter Plant Sales area to brighten your own gardens.

A pair of unexpected visitors in the garden yesterday, flitting about and feeding on the Nepeta in the Walled Garden low...
16/06/2026

A pair of unexpected visitors in the garden yesterday, flitting about and feeding on the Nepeta in the Walled Garden lower terrace. This is the Hummingbird Hawk-moth, a summer visitor from Southern Europe. Judging by the loss of hairs on one of their backs it had been in the UK for a while. Difficult to photograph, they move very quickly, hovering briefly in front of the flowers, taking a sip, and then darting away. And their wingbeats are so fast that even fast shutter speeds between 1/1000sec and 2/1000sec leaves them blurry.

Just like hummingbirds.

Summer has arrived and here's our selection of ten interesting plants currently displaying in the garden. There are man...
11/06/2026

Summer has arrived and here's our selection of ten interesting plants currently displaying in the garden. There are many more. Why not pay us a visit to see them.

Tropaeolum ciliatum - perennial nasturtium with annual climbing stems in the bed by the entrance to path to the Summer Garden
Anthericum liliago 'Major' - St Bernard's Lily, spreading down the Quarry area
Ornithogallum pyrenaicum - Bath Asparagus, in a few places in the garden
Clematis 'Arabella' - climbing over a dwarf Rhododendron at the entrance to the Birch Wood
Alstroemeria 'Princess Leyla' - ground covering Inca lily in the lower terrace of the Walled Garden
Cephalaria gigantea - giant scabious, beloved of bees, in the Sunken Garden area of the Walled Garden
Iris versicolor 'Rowden Cantata' - in the small header pool in the Arboretum
Rosa moyesii 'Geranium' - in the bed by the tower
Deutzia 'Mont Rose' - in the bed between the top lawn and the driveway
Rhinanthus minor - a hemi parasite on the longer grasses in our wildflower meadow and Arboretum banks. Essential for creating wildflower meadows.

We're open 10:30 to 4:30, Tuesday to Sunday (and Bank Holidays). Dogs are welcome. The cafe is open for cakes and other goodies, and a good selection of seasonal stock is available in the free to enter Plant Sales area to brighten your own gardens.

Address

Buckland Monachorum
Yelverton
PL207LQ

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 5pm
Thursday 10:30am - 5pm
Friday 10:30am - 5pm
Saturday 10:30am - 5pm
Sunday 10:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

01822 854769

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