Bocombe Mill Cottage

An organic garden with
a long circular walk in North West Devon

Bocombe Mill Cottage, Bocombe,
Near Clovelly, Devon
EX39 5PH

Phone:
01237 451293

Owners:
Chris Butler & David Burrows

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Most Recent Entries

Looking Good 5 October 2020	posted: 5/10/2020 at 07:29:25
Bright white flowers of Cyclamen hederifolium Alba are sprinkled alongside Architectural Steps, leading down from our parking area to the courtyard in front of Bocombe Mill Cottage. We’ve had cyclamen ... Read More

Looking Good 7 September 2020	posted: 8/9/2020 at 09:06:42
At this time last year we talked about our Persian Ironwood Tree, (Parrotia persica). Over the winter, as the grass died back, we noticed a number of rooted cuttings from ... Read More

Looking Good 3 August 2020	posted: 3/8/2020 at 20:20:39
Our best Garlic harvest ever! In 2013 we designed a Display Garden for Westcountry Nurseries at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, amongst others. Whilst visiting our garden we ... Read More

Looking Good 6 July 2020	posted: 6/7/2020 at 20:41:11
Early summer might sound a funny time to revamp a border, but it was started many weeks ago. Then the Kitchen Garden and Greenhouse work took over! The partly shady ... Read More

Looking Good 1 June 2020	posted: 2/6/2020 at 07:13:10
Recently planted in our stepped, raised beds along Damson Walk are a NEW collection of Ariseama. This large and diverse group of plants are found around many areas of the ... Read More

Looking Good 4 May 2020	posted: 5/5/2020 at 17:05:09
Last year we planted a wide variety of seeds, some of the less common ones came from the RHS Seed Scheme. Success was variable! The Koelreuteria paniculata are still sitting ... Read More

Looking Good 6 April 2020	posted: 7/4/2020 at 15:17:47
As you’ve probably read, we’re not opening our garden this year as we have some large maintenance projects to carry out. And now due to the Corona virus there will ... Read More

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