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Garden Name: Saltram
Last Modified: 18/01/2011
Garden ID: 0246

pic: 0246_Saltram.jpg

Owner: National Trust
Address:
Plympton


Postcode: PL7 1UH
County: Devon

tel: 01752 333 500
fax: 01752 336 474
website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-saltram
email: saltram {at} nationaltrust.org.uk

Features: 
Magnificent Georgian house with opulent Robert Adam interiors, gardens, follies and landscaped parkland; Exquisite Georgian mansion in landscaped park; Film location for Sense and Sensibility; Varied, family-friendly; Arts and crafts gallery; Garden, riverside and woodland walks.
Western Apartments are newly opened to visitors.

English Heritage Grade:
II*

Opening Times:
Park: All Year; daily; dawn - dusk
Garden: 2nd Jan - 10th Mar; Sat - Thurs; 11am - 4pm
12th Mar - 30th Oct; daily; 11am - 5pm
31st Oct - 31st Dec; daily; 11am - 4pm
Last admission to house 45 mins before closing. Garden closed 24-26 Dec.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Spring

To see: 
carpets of naturalised bulbs

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: pre-booking 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: 20th Feb - 28th Feb; Sat & Sun 12noon - 4:30pm 
13th Mar - 31st Oct; Sat - Thurs; 12noon - 4-30pm

Admission Prices:
Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets)
House and garden: adult £10.10 (£9.10), child £5 (£4.50), family £25.10 (£22.80), family (1 adult) £15.10 (£13.70).
Garden only: adult £5.20 (£4.70), child £2.90 (£2.50).
Reduced rate when arriving by bicycle or public transport (on house ticket)

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

Other Facilities:
Dogs only allowed in outer areas of park on lead.
Park restaurant open 28th Mar - 28th Oct; daily; 11am-5pm. 29th Oct - 20th Feb '08; daily except Fri;11am -4pm


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
The original eighteenth century landscape of Saltram Garden has been overlaid with later influences of shrub borders and fine specimen trees planted in spacious lawns. Paths lead back and forth along parallel lines, each revealing a special plant or glimpse of building along its route. The Lime Avenue, which dates from the late nineteenth century, is under-planted with a succession of bulbs and wildflowers. Half-hardy shrubs such as Hoheria 'Glory of Amlwch', Acca sellowiana, Loquat and the Cinnamon Suede trunked myrtle grow amongst the glades. The Orangery is home to potted citrus trees during the winter months which are moved outside to the Orange Grove (behind the Chapel Gallery) in May. The Mediterranean flavour here is enhanced with Chusan Palm, yucca and Italian Cypress.

Below the Orange Grove there is a recently replanted border designed by the late Graham Stuart Thomas, and adjacent to this an area of tender exotics.

On the south side of the garden, beyond the Lime Avenue, is a new area, the "Serpentine Walk" with views out over the Parkland. Planting here is themed especially for winter interest and new wildflower areas will be developed in 2006.


History: 
Built for John and Lady Catherine Parker in the 1740s, its panoramic views originally encompassed the estuary, the citadel, tiers of hills and the woods of Mount Edgcumbe but sadly these have been obscured by housing and bypass developments. The diarist Fanny Burney, who visited Saltram in 1789 as part of the entourage of George III, has a vantage point, Fanny's Bower, named after her.

Local Inns: 


Accomodation: 


Restaurants: 
'Chez Nous', Plymouth

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Plymouth - Hoe, Barbican and 
National Maritime Aquarium