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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: Tapeley Park Last Modified: 26-01-2011 Garden ID: 0116 pic: 0116_tapelyPark.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: Mr H T C Christie Address: Instow Postcode: EX39 4NT County: Devon tel: 01271 342558 between Oct 31st and March 21 then 01271-860897(direct line fax: website: www.tapeley-park.com email: enquiries //at// dreamsweaver.co.uk English Heritage Grade: II* Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.tapeley-park.com 21st March - 31st Oct; Daily except Saturdays; 10am - 5pm. Best Times of Year to Visit: May - October To see: The borders in full bloom. National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Pre-booked parties only 1 week in advance. Tours £2.50 pp Admission Prices: Adult £4; Child £2.50; Over 60s £3.50. Children under 5 free Group rates, Adult £3.20; Child £2; Senior Citizens £2.80; Season: Adult £15; Child £8; Over 60s £12.50 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Limited access for disabled Features: The lovely cafe is now under new management and using all the vegetables and fruit from the gardens and permaculture. Menu's are available in advance if required and orders can be taken for lunches and afternoon teas. Designer: Sir John Belcher Description of Garden: There are five distinct yet contrasting areas in these expanding gardens, now a good 45 acre site. It is best known for its formal Italian terraces renovated by Mary Keen and Carl Klein in the mid-1990's. The unique sheltered south-facing site means rare and tender plants similar to those found at Tresco can be grown. The walled Kitchen Garden, worked traditionally, is full of fruit and vegetables. In contrast there is a new vibrant Permaculture Garden demonstrating the benefits of companion planting to reduce pests and diseases. This is already looking good. No inorganic sprays or fertilisers are used on the vegetables. Next to the Permaculture is the Wild Garden containing a children's play area, plus a field full of fierce looking Highland cattle. Rare breed Berkshire pigs, peacocks, birds of prey, for example a Snowy owl, falcons and buzzards (displays each Sunday at 11.30am and 3pm), can be found dotted around. The lake at the bottom of a ravine through the woods surrounded by massive Thuja Plicata trees is for many the most magical part of the garden. The newest addition is a labyrinth built from granite from an obelisk on a monument obliterated by a thunderbolt in 1931. There are spectacular views over the estuary and Island of Lundy from there. History: Lady Rosa Christie, the owner's great-grandmother called in Sir John Belcher at the end of the nineteenth century. The three Italian terraces were dug out at that time and the unique greenhouse that went the length of the Kitchen Garden was erected. They grew enough vegetables to feed most of the village of Westleigh and Instow. Prior to this the Clevelands had the lake dug out - it had a natural clay bottom - and surrounded it with the massive Thaja Plicata trees from Canada, the oldest of their kind in the country. Local Inns: Westleigh Pub Hoops Inn, Horns' Cross Accomodation: Commodore Hoops Inn, Horns' Cross Restaurants: Tea Rooms Hoops Inn, Horns' Cross Village/Town/Sightseeing: Instow