***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Greencombe 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Greencombe Last Modified: 27-01-2011 Garden ID: 0124 pic: 0124_greencombe.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: Miss Joan Loraine Address: Porlock Postcode: TA24 8NU County: Somerset tel: 01643 862363 fax: website: www.greencombe.org.uk email: English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.greencombe.org.uk (2010 dates) First Sat in Apr - last Sun in July; July; Sat - Wed; 2pm - 6pm Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: National Collection: Erythronium, Gaultheria, Polystichum and Vaccinium. National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adult £6; OAP £5; Child (under 16) £1 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: No Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Features: Designer: Horace Stroud Description of Garden: Essentially the garden consists of a magnificent woodland with trees 90ft high, making it seem like a great cathedral within which azaleas, rhododendrons and camellias glow like jewels. Erythronium, trillium and myriads of ferns gow on moss covered slopes. There are glimpses of the sea to the north and of ancient forest to the south. In the Middle Ages this was part of one of the only two deer parks on Exmoor, and the ditch and wall, built to keep the deer in, are still here. The garden is brilliant in spring, rich with roses, clematis and lilies in summer and splendid in autumn colour. It has its own rare quality of peace and enchantment. History: A post war garden that celebrated a 50 year anniversary in 1996. Local Inns: Accomodation: Andrews on the Weir, Porlock Crown Hotel, Exford Rising Sun Hotel, Lynmouth Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: Porlock