RHS The Garden House
This glorious garden nestles in a quiet valley on the fringe of Dartmoor National Park. It has been continually developed since the mid-1940s, when Lionel Fortescue, the son of one of Cornwall's Newlyn painters, began overhauling the two-acre walled garden of his new home. He then turned his attention to neighbouring fields and created an inspiring, colourful garden that opened to the public more than 62 years ago.
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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.
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Monachorum
Yelverton
Devon
PL20 7LQ
Gallery
Gardens
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
Lionel's inspirational approach included a ruthless attention to detail and colour, and zero tolerance for plants that were not performing well. This attention to detail continues today, where the swathes of naturalistic planting and informal, gentle designs are in fact gardened as massive 'deconstructed' herbaceous borders. The effect is breathtaking, as are the borrowed views over Devon hills. The pastoral view through the Cottage Garden in late spring over to the church tower of neighbouring Buckland Monachorum has become an iconic shot for photographers. In the autumn, the acer glade sets the same view alight in reds, purples and golds.