GARDENS F URTHER AF IELD WORTH A TRIP
MOORE BLATCH 48 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9ZQ Behind this elegant Georgian town house lies a surprising south-facing one-acre walled garden with a long vista across the croquet lawn to mature gardens beyond with glimpses of the Isle of Wight, amusing and varied topiary underplanted with mixed herbaceous, hellebores, tulips and forget-me-nots. Open for the NGS on Saturday 27th, 9.30am-1pm and Sunday 28th April, 2pm-5pm. Admission £3.50, children free.
SALMINGSHEAD Near Roadway Corner, Woolacombe, Devon, EX34 7HL (New) Within two minutes of the North Devon coastline and Woolacombe, designated an Area of Natural Beauty, the garden has distinct areas: a cottage garden at the front, patio garden, swallows garden at the rear, meadow garden, orchard and field (a 500m walk with a newly planted hedgerow). Open for the NGS on Saturday 13th April, 12.30-4.30pm. Admission £4, children free. For more details contact Roland & Marion Grzybek on 01271 870886 or email roland135@msn.com.
GREATCOMBE
BYES REACH
Holne, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 7SP
26 Coulsdon Road, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 9JP
A tranquil garden nestled in a Dartmoor valley, with babbling stream, swathes of colour and textual foliage., gentle paths and lawns bordered by spring flowering shrubs, herbaceous plants and ornamental grasses. Visit the artist’s studio. Open for the NGS on Saturday 20th to Easter Monday 22nd April, 1pm-5pm. Admission £4, children free. For more details contact Robbie & Sarah Richardson on 07725 314887 or email sarah@greatcombe.com. www.countrygardener.co.uk
An edible garden of quarter of an acre backing onto The Byes Nature Reserve and River Sid; potager-style, with raised beds and an espalier fruit archway, designed for those with mobility problems; colour-themed herbaceous borders, perennials, herbs, ferns and hostas; a pond, rill, rockeries, greenhouse and a studio. Use of recycled material and a sculptured fountain. Open for the NGS on Saturday 20th to Easter Monday 22nd April, 1.30pm-5.30pm. Admission £4, children free. For more details contact Lynette Talbot & Peter Endersby on 01395 578081 or email latalbot01@gmail.com. 17