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 November 2018	posted: 6/11/2018 at 11:19:36
What do you do when a contractor lets you down for a NEW garden feature? Rural Stonework & Landscapes Ltd have done just that! In 2107 we asked the company for ... Read More

Looking Good 24 September 2018	posted: 23/9/2018 at 19:35:25
Continuing our “upward” looking theme, we’re fortunate that many of our vistas look Upwards (rather than garden visitors just looking down at plants). We have a Hillside! Trees and shrubs ... Read More

Looking Good 17 September 2018	posted: 16/9/2018 at 10:23:31
Continuing our Upward Vistas -look up to Trees! We’ve a collection of exotic trees (including two Eucalyptus) now numbering well over 80 different species. Many, such as River Birch (Betula nigra), ... Read More

Looking Good 10 September 2018	posted: 9/9/2018 at 10:54:42
Continuing our upward vistas; we’ve introduced a few specimens of the only native Acer, Acer campestre, the Field Maple, which are not often found in the South West. Less often ... Read More

Looking Good 3 September 2018	posted: 3/9/2018 at 19:28:07
Continuing our NEW dimension of gardens, looking Up instead of Down, here’s a Tree (or two) to enjoy: We’re fortunate in having a very large garden, in fact, a landscape, to ... Read More

Looking Good 27 August 2018	posted: 27/8/2018 at 19:30:41
We have the Chilean Vine, Eccremocarpus scaber, climbing a trellis against a house wall. We’re lucky that it’s mild enough for it to grow all year, with flowers much ... Read More

Looking Good 20 August 2018	posted: 20/8/2018 at 19:42:54
Summer. Probably the height (!) of rambling roses is Rosa Kiftsgate, that scrambles up our vast Eucalyptus gunnii, though we have many others twining their way through trees, and our ... Read More

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