What's On and Things To Do Around Rackenford

Witheridge is a small village in rural Devon and St John’s Fayre has been an annual event almost continually since being granted a Royal Charter in 1248. 2018 sees The Mangledwurzels (www.mangledwurzels.co.uk) performing in the marquee on the evening of the event from c. 8:30pm onward.

Delightful 8 acre S-facing country garden around old farmhouse. Ponds, bog garden, shrubaceous borders, prairie planting, maturing arboretum with Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer avenue, serpentine hornbeam walk, vegetable garden and orchard with local apple varieties.

Joyce, Lady Amory, the last member of the family to live at Knightshayes, left a tremendous legacy. Join us to discover the trail she blazed in women’s golf in the 1920s and her role in creating the stunning famous garden here.

Get the kids out and about this half term as we host a range of different activities aimed to help kids tick of some of their 50 things to do before they’re 11 3/4. Booking Not Needed.

One of the last wishes of Joyce, Lady Amory, the last member of the family to live at Knightshayes was that fresh flowers from the garden be brought in weekly- this is something we continue to do over 40 years later.

Open Gardens & Allotments: there will be 9 gardens large and small and the allotments (with 26 plots) so plenty for the vegetable grower as well as the flower enthusiast.

Peaceful and tranquil gardens with wonderful views across the parkland towards Dartmoor. There are terraces of roses, herbs and perennials mixed with traditional and contemporary planting which is sheltered by the house, hedges and cob walls.

Garden surrounds Fursdon House, home of the same family for 7 centuries. Hillside setting with extensive views S over parkland and beyond. Sheltered by house, hedges and cob walls, there are terraces of roses, herbs and perennials in mixed traditional and contemporary planting.

Showcasing a wide range of talented therapists and goods, from crystal healing to reiki, and healthy eating to massage. For the mind, body and soul.

Parkland, and lawns with pleached hedge and avenue lead to a walled garden where rose, clematis and honeysuckle arbours surround a swimming pool garden with tender plants and rock wall with a large collection of agapanthus. A door leads to an old fashioned kitchen garden with flowers, vegetables and apple trees.

Two contrasting neighbouring gardens, Burnhaies is a 2½ acre site started in 1997. Situated in the beautiful Burn Valley, a plantsman’s garden of herbaceous plantings with trees, shrubs, ponds and wildlife. Informal, country feel with Devon lane and wilderness walk. Vegetable garden. Uneven ground and steps.

A rambling south-west facing garden with stunning views across Dartmoor from the terrace and long sloping lawns. There is a variety of informal flower beds, shrubs and trees. There is also a pond and a vegetable patch. Take a pleasant stroll to the small paddock with a wildlife hedge.

An award winning garden which has won 1st prize for the last two years running in the Tarka Line Best Kept Station competition and has also featured in an article in the November 2017 Devon Life magazine.

The garden is set alongside a railway embankment which has elvolved over the last 8 years. This small but interesting garden with a mixture of bee and wildlife friendly borders. There is also a bug hotel, pond, Auricular Theatre, container planting and a variety of fruit and vegetable beds.

This garden was first developed in 1998 and continues to be a work in progress. This family garden has a central lawn and raised banks consisting of mainly perennials, shrubs and trees. There is a small raised pond and stream.

A newly planned and developing garden designed for advancing years with minimal maintenance. Large areas of paving with planters, island planting, shrubs, climbing and rambler roses. Many areas to sit and relax.

A small garden with stunning views across to Dartmoor. There are herbaceous borders, a pond and and a vegetable garden. There will also be a plant sale. Parking available at the village recreation field on Bewsley Hill No refreshments Limited wheelchair access No dogs allowed

After decades of neglect, the gardens at Hillersdon have been lovingly restored and developed, and this work is ongoing.

The Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival is one of the main fundraising events for the upkeep of Holy Cross. The 2018 Festival has the intriguing title ‘In Our Element’ and runs from 10.30am on Saturday 2nd June until 5 pm on Thursday 7th June.

There is plenty to discover and enjoy in this mature walled garden with a small lawn complete with flowerbeds and mature trees which includes a large Mulberry Tree. A small terraced area and rasised beds have been added this year which is still a work in progress.

A small front garden with shrubs on a bank surrounded by bark. An enclosed back garden with two greenhouses. There is also an area that has been half laid with vegetables and the other half with lawn which has a Clematis at the bottom with bird feeders and nest boxes.

Charming, peaceful 10 acre garden with lawns, lakes and ponds. Water features with swans, ducks and other wildlife. Mature trees, shrubs, rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, roses, herbaceous borders and rockeries. Nursery avenue, novelty crazy golf.

Charming, peaceful 10 acre garden with lawns, lakes and ponds. Water features with swans, ducks and other wildlife. Mature trees, shrubs, rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, roses, herbaceous borders and rockeries. Nursery avenue, novelty crazy golf.

Charming, peaceful 10 acre garden with lawns, lakes and ponds. Water features with swans, ducks and other wildlife. Mature trees, shrubs, rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, roses, herbaceous borders and rockeries. Nursery avenue, novelty crazy golf.

Former GWR goods yard. 4 acres of formal and less formal gardens of interest to gardeners and railway buffs alike. An acre of orchid rich wild flower meadow. Areas of mass-planted candelabra primulas start the summer with many large sweeping herbaceous borders bursting into colour as the season progresses.

See the art of making great cheese. With a unique behind the scenes experience, we’ll show you from the ground up how we craft world-class cheese. There’s a lot to pack in to a day in the life of Home Farm... 9.30am Meet at Home Farm and come to the Farm Kitchen in plenty of time for a 10am start.

For one day a year on Open Farm Sunday, we open our doors and gates so you can see what we do. Take a tractor ride around the farm and listen to talks about the cows and discover how important they are in order to make our delicious cheese.

Hayne has a magical walled garden brimming with mature trees, shrubs, roses and borders. Highlights incl beautiful tree peonies, mature wisteria in both purple and white and rambling wild roses in combination with a more modern Piet Oudolf style perennial planting which surrounds the recently renovated grade II* farm...

The gardens and allotments and award-winning composting scheme which make up the group offer a mix from small gardens to larger ones in different parts of the village. All show what can be achieved in a more limited space, whilst meeting various owners’ needs e.g.

This one acre garden has herbaceous borders, alpine, wild areas, wildlife ponds, trees and shrubs. There is a fruit cage and a vegetable garden. Visit the rural life and social history museum to see motorcycles tractors, everyday items and toys to bring back memories from the past.

We’ve opened our ceramics and pottery studio here at Ashbrook, for those who wish to get to know clay and try their hand at throwing or hand building.

We’ve opened our ceramics and pottery studio here at Ashbrook, for those who wish to get to know clay and try their hand at throwing or hand building.

Coldharbour Mill will be Steaming Up on Monday 28th May 2018! Come and experience the sights, sounds and smells of a woollen mill powered by steam, from stoking the Lancashire Boiler to the sounds of the line shafts powering the machinery.

Head out into the parkland and garden to take on the May half-term trail and see what you can discover. Pick up a trail leaflet from visitor reception and set off to around Killerton. Booking Not Needed.

After a year being cared for behind the scenes while the roof was being repaired the fashion collection is back with a bang and will be showing how women’s fashion became politicised during the campaign for women’s suffrage. Booking Not Needed.

Join us around the fire in the woods for a range of outdoor crafts, campfire cooking and scavenger hunts led by a qualified forest school teacher. Drop in at any time during the day but make sure you’re dressed for the outdoors. Booking Not Needed. Dogs on leads welcome.

As part of the National Trust’s Women and Power programme for 2018, we are celebrating 100 years of women getting the vote by telling two stories of women from Killerton and their roles at the heart of the fight for votes for women, on opposing sides. Booking Not Needed.

Join a guided walk around the historic parkland and discover stories it holds. Booking Not Needed. Dogs on leads welcome.

Join our free friendly 5K family run every Saturday of the year, 9am start. It’s not a race but a timed run along the same off-road course each week marshalled by volunteers. Supervised children and dogs on leads are welcome to join in too. Register at parkrun.org.uk/Killerton. Booking Not Needed. Yes.

Get an exclusive look into the costume stores and handling pieces from the study collection. Step behind the glass of Killerton’s costume collection and Meet the Costume Curator, Shelley Tobin.

All aboard! Full steam ahead! Find your travel companions and take your seats (bring your seats actually, and a picnic) for Heartbreak Productions’ outdoor adaptation of The Railway Children, a classic children’s tale by Edith Nesbit. Booking Advisable. Phone: 0344 249 1895.

Rambling rustic paths and steps (some steep) lead down a shaded woodland garden; unusual trees and shrubs (profusion of spring bulbs) to ornamental orchard (berries, fruit, hip, autumn colour) with follies, sculpture, stream and ponds. Conservation as important as horticulture (wild flowers).

Located on SW-facing slope in rural Mid Devon, the 4 acre garden at Lewis Cottage has evolved primarily over the last 25 yrs, harnessing and working with the natural landscape.

Hidden away behind the houses of of Sylvan Road lies a garden which is full of interest and variety which is split into two main areas. The south facing front garden is on two levels with steps and a slope.

Public Image Ltd The Public Image is Rotten Tour. Artists performing: Public Image Ltd.: Tickets avaiable.

Anyone with a learning or physical disability plus families are welcome to come and ’Have a go’ at a wide range of activities including sprints-relays-running/wheeling-shot-javelin-club throw- target throw- long jump-high jump plus more.

Age 4-11yrs Running, Jumping, Throwing, relays agility and co-ordination and plenty of games. Athletics is fun and exciting this is a great way to introduce children to such a variety of disciplines. We welcome you to come along and have some fun, please wear a PE kit and trainers, and bags of energy!

Exeter City is hosting a World Cup Fanzone which features a giant screen in the stadium for a minimum of England’s three group matches and the World Cup final. Drinks promotions, music and the big matches live from the IP Office Main Stand at St James Park.

Exeter City is hosting a World Cup Fanzone which features a giant screen in the stadium for a minimum of England’s three group matches and the World Cup final. Drinks promotions, music and the big matches live from the IP Office Main Stand at St James Park.

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