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Coleton Fishacre Garden tel: 01803-752466 Area: Devon |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Coleton Fishacre Garden Devon All details updated* as of: 08/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
15 Mar - 20 Jul 08, 10:30 - 5, Wed - Sun |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring - May/June August/Sept |
To
see: Woodland garden with bulbs and wild flora Walled garden and terrace borders |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| £6.60, child £3.30, family £16.50, family (1 adult) £9.90. Groups £5.60. Garden only: £6.10, child £3.10. Groups £5. Visitors arriving by 'green ways' £5.60 (house & garden), £5 (garden only) |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Dogs only on surrounding NT land |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| A luxuriant garden by the sea, with an Arts & Crafts-style house, featuring Art Deco-influenced interiors; Rare and exotic plant collection set in a secluded coastal valley; Award-winning tea-room, Year-round interest | English Heritage Garden Grade: II | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Oswald Milne |
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| This wonderful garden lies in a stream-fed valley above the South Devon coast. The mild climate, shelter belts and high humidity make the garden suitable for the widest range of plants, including some which can only survive in conservatories elsewhere in Britain. In the spring and early summer, wild flowers abound amid the colourful displays of rhododendron, camellia and azalea planted among the collection of tender and exotic plants. The formal terraces and Rill Garden provide summer long interest from half-hardy perennials and unusual climbers, including the Coral Plant (Berberidopsis corallina) and Chilean Mitre Flower (Mitraria coccinea). Paths wind through clumps of bamboo, groves of mimosa, magnolias and other shrubs down to a small sea cove below. Anyone who loves plants will be entranced by this garden. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Rupert and Lady Dorothy D'Oyly Carte commissioned Oswald Milne, a pupil of Edward Lutyens, to design a house and gardens for them, after they bought the estate in 1924 . The D'Oyly Cartes chose the site for their house and garden after seeing it from the sea while sailing their yacht between Brixham and Dartmouth. They were both enthusiastic gardeners and experimented with trees and shrubs from around the world, a tradition which the Trust continues. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Devon Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Broome Court, Dartmouth |
Restaurants: Wide selection in Dartmouth |
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| Inns & Pubs: Green Dragon, Stoke Fleming Manor Inn, Galmpton Ship Inn, Kingswear |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Dartmouth and Dart Estuary Totnes |
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