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Hill House Nursery and Garden tel: 01803 762273 Area: Devon |
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| Visitor Information | www.hillhousenursery.com -- email: bluebird {at} hillhousenursery.com |
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Hill House Nursery and Garden |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
All Year; 7 days a week; 11am - 5pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Raymond Hubbard will take parties round the garden if requested in advance. |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: May - September. |
To
see: Garden and Nursery. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| None, but NGS donations welcome. | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: All scones and cakes are home made, cream teas are served. Tea room opens from 1st Mar - 30th Sept. Disabled access to tea room & lawn Art exhibitions in 2010 |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Large number of mature conservatory plants, Fuchsias, well-known and rare plants of all sorts, plus a mature vicarage garden. Nemesia 'Bluebird' was bred here and sells worldwide. Phormium 'Lord Jersey' is still undergoing trials, but Crocosmia 'Krakatoa' is now for sale. |
English Heritage Garden Grade: II | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Edward Hyams in the 1950s |
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| There are three acres of English vicarage garden with mature cedar trees, a rare Pinus Montezuma, rhododendrons, camellias, many salvias, a beautiful formal pond and a wealth of unusual and usual plants and shrubs.The Hydrangea Walk originally made by Edward Hyams has now been re-planted and there is now a wildlife pond at Rond Point. There is a rookery in the cedar tree, which is probably over 100 years old. We use no pesticides in garden or greenhouses and as a consequence the garden is a haven for birds and other wildlife. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| It was restored by Raymond Hubbard, the present owner. The planning was the subject of Hyams' book, "An Englishman's Garden". It has been featured on television many times and in several gardening books. Raymond Hubbard, who has been a nurseryman for over 50 years, was one of the pioneers of biological control in greenhouses during the 1960s and continues to use these methods today. The house, which is Grade II listed was built by Mrs. Champernowne of Dartington Hall, who also built the church next door. | ||||||
| Nearby Devon Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Sea Trout, Staverton Holne Chase, Holne |
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| Inns & Pubs: Live & Let Live, Landscove Sea Trout, Staverton Coppa Dolla, Broadhempston |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Totnes Ashburton Dartmoor |
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