Heddon Hall Garden
Now in its fourth year of opening, this old fashioned flower garden has developed a reputation as a feast of delights for both expert and amateur gardeners, and has attracted groups from as far away as Australia. All visitors receive the warmest of welcomes to this sheltered valley setting, with its wonderful collection of exotic species, shrubs, specimen : trees and ferns. Though there are many parts to the garden, each is on an intimate scale, providing inspiration for people£s own gardens, - as well as being a beautiful place to walk and relax. We have many visitors who come back again and again. Maybe that£s also because they know how delicious the cream teas are!
The walled garden, laid out by Penelope Hobhouse, has clipped box hedges and cordoned fruit trees as well as flowers, herbs and vegetables. The rose garden is home to some amazing pleeched limes trees, as well as an ancient vine and herbaceous borders. This leads onto a glorious informal rockery and bog garden, where the river Heddon runs into three stew ponds.
Planting schemes are continually being reworked and new varieties sourced so there are fresh attractions each year. The keen horticulturalist will find rarities such as a peone delaveii, indigofra pendula and schima argenta that nestles by a waterfall, as well as hostas, clematis, cistus and a superb collection of hellebores. This year there is a particular focus on attractive vegetables in the walled garden, alongside the mature beds planned by Carol Klein fifteen years ago, when the garden began opening for the National Garden Scheme. (Photos: Carole Drake).
Location The gardens are on national footpath and cycle networks, located just off the A39 heading towards Lynton, on the nor-them edge of the village of Parracombe. (OS grid ref SS672450).
Opening Hours
4th May to 27th July inc.
10am to 5.30pm Sundays and Wednesdays
Admission £4.00 (Children FREE)
Enquiries Fred and Juliet de Falbe,
Heddon Hall, Parracombe, North Devon EX31 4QL
Tel/Fax 01598763541 Website: http://www.heddonhallgardens.co.uk