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Greencombe tel: 01643 862363 Area: Somerset |
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| Visitor Information | www.greencombe.org.uk -- email: |
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Greencombe |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
First Sat in Apr - last Sun in July; July; Sat - Wed; 2pm - 6pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult £6; OAP £5; Child (under 16) £1 | |||
| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Garden Features | |||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||
| National Collection: Erythronium, Gaultheria, Polystichum and Vaccinium. | |||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
Horace Stroud |
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| Essentially the garden consists of a magnificent woodland with trees 90ft high, making it seem like a great cathedral within which azaleas, rhododendrons and camellias glow like jewels. Erythronium, trillium and myriads of ferns gow on moss covered slopes. There are glimpses of the sea to the north and of ancient forest to the south. In the Middle Ages this was part of one of the only two deer parks on Exmoor, and the ditch and wall, built to keep the deer in, are still here. The garden is brilliant in spring, rich with roses, clematis and lilies in summer and splendid in autumn colour. It has its own rare quality of peace and enchantment. | |||
| History of Garden | |||
| A post war garden that celebrated a 50 year anniversary in 1996. | |||
| Nearby Somerset Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Andrews on the Weir, Porlock Crown Hotel, Exford Rising Sun Hotel, Lynmouth |
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Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Porlock |
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