Devon gardens in December

Last weekend I visited Devon, possibly not the best idea in December but I still managed to see some nice gardens.

RHS Rosemoor

There’s never a bad time to visit Rosemoor, always something to look at and something new. There was also a festive gift fair which I visited during the rain showers! The veggie garden was looking lovely and I was very envious of their Kale and the winter salads in the greenhouse.

The updated Winter Garden
Salad untouched by caterpillars
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’
Swiss Chard ‘Bright Yellow’
More lovely salad
Beautiful Kale
Lichen

Cotehele (National Trust)

Last year I visited the festive garland and it was so amazing I decided to return this year. All the dried flowers are planned and grown throughout the year in the gardens at Cotehele. I loved the idea of the glass baubles filled with dried flowers so have decided to try it myself this year. It was exceptionally rainy outside so I did not fully explore the gardens, but the Cornus looked very bright amongst the gloom.

Cotehele festive garland
Dried flower table centrepiece
Cornus midwinter fire
Cotehele festive garland
Flower filled baubles
Cotehele festive garland
Dried flower filled baubles

Knightshayes (National Trust)

Again the weather was not great but I enjoyed the walled Kitchen garden at Knightshayes and looking around the ground floor of the impressive house which was decorated for a Victorian Christmas. The house was designed in 1869 by William Burgess.

Walled kitchen garden at Knightshayes
Beautiful dried flower decorations

Festive Garland at Cotehele