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Chelsea garden to celebrate Daffodil Day at Hartland Abbey
Two Moors 10th birthday
Hartland Abbey is holding its first Daffodil Day on 21st March. For the past few
The Two Moors Festival on Dartmoor years the Snowdrop Sundays in February have been a huge success but this year it
and Exmoor celebrates its 10th has been decided to ring the changes.
anniversary with a garden at the Chelsea
But for all the galanthophiles Snowdrop Sundays will return next year! But for this
Flower Show. “Music on the Moors” is
year it is a great chance to see all the historic daffodils which can be over by the
the title of designer, Christina Williams’s,
time of the regular openings from 1st April.
courtyard garden where the aim is to
Many old varieties will be seen at Hartland alongside more modern hybrids from
combine music, countryside, the special
the Walled Gardens to the walk to the beach and cottage where ‘Sense and
moorland areas and the environment.
Sensibility’ was filmed a couple of years ago. Last year many old varieties were
The festival covers 1200 square miles
brought to the Abbey from an old family home, Moreton, at Bideford, subsequently
and to squeeze every facet into a 5 x
Grenville College.
4 metre garden has been a formidable
task. Christina has interwoven Gothic
Dogs are really welcome and there is 3 1/2 miles of walking within the grounds
willow arches representing church
for the energetic. There is a reduced entry to the gardens of £3.50 for adults, with
concert venues, and a ravaged wind-
dogs and children free! The house will be open at an added charge. Lunches, hot
blown hawthorn with a stream, Exmoor
pasties and cream teas are provided by the ladies of St Nectan’s church, with all
cobbles, Dartmoor granite and an
profits going to the beautiful church, ‘the Cathedral of North Devon’.
amphitheatre–shaped pool.
With its origins in Foot and Mouth Orchid society show
disease, the Two Moors Festival has
The South West Orchid Society Show is being held at West Monkton village hall
developed into an international
near Taunton on 27th February. Opening times are from1.30am – 4pm. Orchid
event. Young high-flying professional
displays for sale. Admission for the show is £2 and further details are available on
musicians give concerts alongside
07811 456157.
international names and visitors come
from far and wide, spend days in the
area, go walking on the Moors, stay in
Country Gardener offer
comfy B&Bs and clock up as many as Just take along this issue of Country Gardener and you will be entitled to free entry
10 concerts. This year’s dates are 30th into the Open Days at Jekka’s Herb Farm. See below for more information.
September to 9th October.
Organic herb farmer wins
RHS Lawrence Medal
Jekka’s Herb Farm near Bristol has
won another coveted award. The
organic herb farmer’s
gold medal winning floral herb
display at Chelsea Flower Show
has now achieved the coveted RHS
Lawrence Medal, awarded annually
for the best exhibit shown to the
society during the year. The award
was presented at the RHS London
Plant and Design Show. “This is a first
for an organic nursery, and for a herb
nursery,” said fourteen times Chelsea
gold medal winner, Jekka “proving
unquestionably that organic herbs
not only taste and smell amazing and
are incredibly beneficial, they can
Jekka Herb Farm’s award winning herbs
actually look stunning in your garden
too!” 2009 was Jekka’s final floral
Jekka’s herb farm which grows over 600 of the farm that she started over 25
exhibit at Chelsea “We are a tiny
herb varieties, is busier than ever and to years ago. For the first year, the farm
nursery occupying just one hectare,
meet with demand, is holding five open Open Days have on-site catering so
competing with large non-organic
days this year. The next open days are visitors can enjoy seasonally produced,
growers from all over the world, so
on 26th, 27th and 28th March. locally sourced refreshments. Tel 0845
the Lawrence Medal is a huge honour
Jekka hosts pre-bookable herb
290 3256 or 01454 424900.
for us”.
workshops, and takes visitors on a tour www.jekkasherbfarm.com
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