***************************************************************** * 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 *** Winsford Walled Garden 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: Winsford Walled Garden Last Modified: 27-01-2011 Garden ID: 0559 pic: 0559_Winsford.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: Muddywellies! Address: Winsford Lane Halwill Junction Postcode: EX21 5XT County: Devon tel: 01409 221477 fax: website: www.winsfordwalledgarden.com email: admin //at// winsfordwalledgarden.com English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.winsfordwalledgarden.com First week Apr - 31st Oct; daily; 9.30am - 5pm All other times by appointment Best Times of Year to Visit: Climbers and garden plants To see: June - Sept National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Parties & groups OK, but only mini-coaches (23-seater). Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adults £5; Children under 14 free; Older children £1.50 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: Yes Refreshments: No Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: No Other Facilities: Features: Variety and exuberance of the planting. Tropical climbers, Bamboo, slate designs. Large gazebo, pergola, 60' Alpine House. 50 + varieties of Thymes. Hedychin, Dahlias, Cannas and Carnivorous plants Designer: Mike Gilmore Description of Garden: This is an amazing plantsman's garden with over 3,000 varieties. Sympathetic conservation has been used to preserve historic Victorian features while intensive planting makes the walled summer flower garden a stunning and informative place of pleasure to visit. Owner will provide guided tours on request. Winsford is home to the best, most ornamental and most innovative Victorian Greenhouses in the West Country. Unusually, you can see them for yourself when you step inside. Variety and exuberance of the planting. Tropical climbers, Bamboo, slate designs. Large meandering herbaceous borders. Large gazebo, huge pergola, 60' Alpine House. 60+ varieties of Thyme. Hedychium, Dahlias, Cannas, Hibiscus, Bougainvilleas, Carnivorous plants and over 100 climber varieties. Head Gardener/designer/builder/plantsman Mike Gilmore will happily answer your garden-related questions at no extra charge. History: The garden was started in 1833 and it took 2 years to build the 13 greenhouses and the garden walls. Sadly, the decline began in 1919 with the death of the original owner. It accelerated after 1933. By the time the present owners bought the property in 1999 it had become a wasteland of 8ft brambles. The results are all the more amazing in the time, especially since just two people created and maintain the gardens. Local Inns: Accomodation: B&B at Winsford Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: Okehampton Bude Launceston RHS Rosemoor