About the garden
Owned by
Hector Christie (custodian)
Explore somewhere you have not visited before. Enjoy the ethos of Tapeley Park with its rich and fascinating variety of flowers, shrubs and vegetables, the latter grown on organic principles. We have one of the finest Permaculture gardens in the country.
The walled kitchen garden is a delight with its rare greenhouse built in the early 1930s, rebuilt in 1950 and again in 2011. It houses fruit trees, many of which have survived the passage of time and still thrive in the sheltered, fertile environment. There are greengages, plums and varieties of pear such as 'Pitmaston Duchess' and apple trees that include 'Lady Stucley', 'John Standish' and more.
Admire the Italian garden where the beds were originally dug by hand. All manner of semi-tropical and tender plants thrive in the south-facing borders against a retaining wall. Walk down through the wood to the lake and picnic in peace and quiet, save for the birdsong.
The tearooms offer delicious and tasty light meals with vegetables and salad items sourced from the gardens, and cream teas of renown. Walk across the fields to the Monument and Labyrinth to enjoy the wonderful vista of views of the bay and across to Lundy Island (on a clear day). Enter the permaculture garden and learn how to grow sustainable vegetables and fruit. You never know what is around the corner.
Dogs welcome on a lead at all times.
