The Bridge Mill

About The Bridge Mill

The one acre gardens at The Bridge Mill comprise a series of smaller gardens set around the house. By the house, a garden room and small courtyard garden is being developed and behind, a shady cliff face is home to ferns and green flowers. A sunny end of this cliff face makes an ideal natural rockery. Close by, a herb garden is divided for growing plants with different purposes – culinary, fragrance, medicinal, poisonous and dye plants for colouring wool. A large productive vegetable and fruit garden provides produce all year round. Behind the mill is a wild woodland and water garden around the mill leat, mill race, water wheel and river. The wild planting in this area spills out into the wildflower meadows surrounding the garden. The grounds extend to 16 acres in all; these are also open to view with lake, millpond and riverside walks through wildflower meadows. The smallholding is run organically with traditional farming methods employed to encourage wildlife. The Bridge Mill is a County Wildlife Site and a Key Devon Dragonfly site. The site is open for free school visits so is child and wildlife friendly! For details of other opening times – please see website.

The historic water mill was restored to working order in April 2012 and in 2017 Alan was awarded a plaque by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings for his sympathetic restoration of the buildings. Exhibition of beautiful garden embroideries by Linda Chilton in the white barn.