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Garden Name: Hill House Nursery and Garden
Last Modified: 27/01/2011
Garden ID: 0127

pic: 0127_hillHouseGdn.jpg

Owner: Mr and Mrs Raymond Hubbard, Matthew Hubbard
Address:
Landscove
Ashburton
Newton Abbot
Postcode: TQ13 7LY
County: Devon

tel: 01803 762273
fax: 
website: www.hillhousenursery.com
email: bluebird {at} hillhousenursery.com

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 Grade:
II

Opening Times:
All Year; 7 days a week; 11am - 5pm

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
May - September.

To see: 
Garden and Nursery.

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Raymond Hubbard will take parties round the garden if requested in advance. 

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
None, but NGS donations welcome.

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: No
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

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


Designer: Edward Hyams in the 1950s
Description of Garden:
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camellias, many salvias, a beautiful formal pond and a wealth of unusual and usual plants and shrubs.The Hydrangea Walk originally made by Edward Hyams has now been re-planted and there is now a wildlife pond at Rond Point.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.


History: 
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.

Local Inns: 
Live & Let Live, Landscove
Sea Trout, Staverton
Coppa Dolla, Broadhempston

Accomodation: 
Sea Trout, Staverton
Holne Chase, Holne

Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Totnes
Ashburton
Dartmoor