Rosemoor Garden
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Rosemoor Garden is an internationally renowned collection of garden
s in North Devon
, England
. The Lady Anne Palmer
created the original garden of 8 acres (32,374.9 m²) in 1959, and developed it over a 30 year period. The garden was first opened to the public in 1967, under the National Gardens Scheme. Lady Palmer gave it to the Royal Horticultural Society
(RHS) in 1988, together with an additional 32 acres (129,499.5 m²) of land. Nowadays Rosemoor Garden covers 65 acres (263,045.9 m²) and it hosts, apart from a range of gardens, a visitor centre, with a library, a plant centre, a shop, a restaurant and the Wisteria tearoom. It is surrounded by extensive woodlands. In the year ended 31 January 2010 the garden received 129,690 visitors.
Some of the highlights of Rosemoor Garden are:
Rosemoor Garden is situated 1 km south-east of Great Torrington
on A3124 to Exeter
. Open all year.
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
s in North Devon
North Devon
North Devon is the northern part of the English county of Devon. It is also the name of a local government district in Devon. Its council is based in Barnstaple. Other towns and villages in the North Devon District include Braunton, Fremington, Ilfracombe, Instow, South Molton, Lynton and Lynmouth...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The Lady Anne Palmer
Lady Anne Berry
Lady Anne Sophia Berry is an English and New Zealand horticulturist who founded Rosemoor Garden. She offered the garden to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1988. In 1990 she married Bob Berry and went to live on his farm at Tiniroto, Gisborne, New Zealand...
created the original garden of 8 acres (32,374.9 m²) in 1959, and developed it over a 30 year period. The garden was first opened to the public in 1967, under the National Gardens Scheme. Lady Palmer gave it to the Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert...
(RHS) in 1988, together with an additional 32 acres (129,499.5 m²) of land. Nowadays Rosemoor Garden covers 65 acres (263,045.9 m²) and it hosts, apart from a range of gardens, a visitor centre, with a library, a plant centre, a shop, a restaurant and the Wisteria tearoom. It is surrounded by extensive woodlands. In the year ended 31 January 2010 the garden received 129,690 visitors.
Some of the highlights of Rosemoor Garden are:
- the Rose Garden, with about 2000 roses
- the ArboretumArboretumAn arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
- the Herb, Fruit and Vegetable Gardens
- the Alpine House
Rosemoor Garden is situated 1 km south-east of Great Torrington
Great Torrington
Great Torrington is a small market town in the north of Devon, England. Parts of it are sited on high ground with steep drops down to the River Torridge below...
on A3124 to Exeter
Exeter
Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...
. Open all year.