Stone Lane Gardens
Stone Lane Gardens is a botanic garden between Whiddon Down and Drewsteignton on Dartmoor in Devon.
The garden was created in the 1970s by Kenneth and June Ashburner in the grounds of their farm, Stone Farm. It began with the planting from seed of trees which Kenneth Ashburner had collected on his travels and from other botanic gardens, and expanded as more land was acquired.
In 1992, an open-air sculpture exhibition was included, called “The Mythic Garden”, with an annual sculpture exhibition.
The garden won ‘National Collection’ status from Plant Heritage in 1995, in recognition of the importance of the diversity and rarity of its trees. In 2019 Stone Lane Gardens became an RHS Partner Garden.
After Kenneth Ashburner died, the garden was placed, in 2011, into the care of a charity,[1] in order to safeguard the National Collections of birch and alder.
Outside links
- Streetmap: SX708907
- Stone Lane Gardens
References
- ↑ Stone Lane Gardens - Registered Charity no. 1141252 at the Charity Commission