Winsford Walled Garden is an inspirational garden full of summer colour and interesting planting. A large mature bamboo grove has a collection of many different varieties – probably the largest in the Westcountry. The two restored Victorian teak glasshouses are also a major feature of the gardens.
The walled gardens were part of a large Victorian estate, left to ruin after the war. A long lane leads to the gardens and the site of the old estate of Winsford Tower. This was demolished in the 1960s and is now developed into a complex for anglers. Old Historical records show the walled garden was never a vegetable garden but had always been an exotic flower garden. Today the extensive borders are a riot of colour. The adjacent old vegetable garden houses the restored greenhouses and visitors can appreciate romantic ruins of further glasshouses that are now given over to herb and fruit and vegetable beds. The old vegetable gardens also contain the bamboo grove where visitors can wander among 40ft high canes and gigantic gunneras.
The home of painter, Dugald Stark and his wife, Adel along with their son, James, visitors can now also view the artist’s classic light filled colourful oil paintings on display in the newly converted studio overlooking the gardens. Dugald’s website is www.dugaldstark.co.uk
The walled gardens were part of a large Victorian estate, left to ruin after the war. A long lane leads to the gardens and the site of the old estate of Winsford Tower. This was demolished in the 1960s and is now developed into a complex for anglers. Old Historical records show the walled garden was never a vegetable garden but had always been an exotic flower garden. Today the extensive borders are a riot of colour. The adjacent old vegetable garden houses the restored greenhouses and visitors can appreciate romantic ruins of further glasshouses that are now given over to herb and fruit and vegetable beds. The old vegetable gardens also contain the bamboo grove where visitors can wander among 40ft high canes and gigantic gunneras.
The home of painter, Dugald Stark and his wife, Adel along with their son, James, visitors can now also view the artist’s classic light filled colourful oil paintings on display in the newly converted studio overlooking the gardens. Dugald’s website is www.dugaldstark.co.uk