Greencombe


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Garden Name: Greencombe
Last Modified (we set this): 16-05-2012
Garden ID (we set this): 0124

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Garden Owner: Miss Joan Loraine
Address:
Porlock



Postcode: TA24 8NU
County: Somerset
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tel: 01643 862363
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website: www.greencombe.org.uk

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English Heritage Grade (I, II, II*): 


Opening Days & Times:
<b>NOTE for 2013</b>: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open <a href='http://www.greencombe.org.uk'>http://www.greencombe.org.uk</a>  The gardens are open to the public from the first Saturday in April to the last Sunday in July on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. (Closed Thursday and Friday) between 2.00pm to 6.00pm.


Parties / Coaches (Yes/No): Yes
Parties / Coaches Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment (Yes/No): Yes
Viewing by Appointment Comments: 

House Open for Viewing (Yes/No): No
House Open Comments/Dates/Times: 

National/Scotland Garden Scheme days (Yes/No): No
NGS/SGS Comments (PLEASE include DATES and Times):



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Admission Prices:
Admission £7.00 : Over 60s £5.00 : Under 16s £1.00


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Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No

Teas: No
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No

Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities or Comments on (Yes/No) items above:
Easy Parking : Organically grown plants for sale : No dogs


Special Features, Events/Dates and other comments:



National Collection:  Erythronium, Gaultheria, Polystichum and Vaccinium.

Garden Designer: Horace Stroud
Description of Garden:
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.


Garden History:
A post war garden that celebrated a 50 year anniversary in 1996.


Local Inns (name, town):


Accommodation (name, town):
Andrews on the Weir, PorlockCrown Hotel, ExfordRising Sun Hotel, Lynmouth

Restaurants (name, town):


Village/Town/Sightseeing:
Porlock