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The Bridge Mill

One acre organic gardens around mill cottage and restored working water mill. Cottage garden style planting; herb garden with medicinal and dye plants; productive fruit and vegetable garden, and wild woodland and water garden behind mill and by the river Tamar. 16 acre smallholding: lake and riverside walks, wildflower meadows, friendly livestock, sheep, ducks and hens.

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The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
The Bridge Mill
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.

Website:

https://www.thebridgemill.org.uk

The Bridge Mill features

Location details

The Bridge Mill,
Holsworthy,
Devon,
EX22 7EL

Directions to The Bridge Mill
Between the chapel by river bridge & church at top of hill. Garden is at bottom of hill opp Short & Abbott agricultural engineers. See website for detailed directions.

The Bridge Mill openings

This garden has now completed its National Garden Scheme openings for this year.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair access to some of gardens plus accessible WC and baby change facilities.
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FAQs

Payment is by cash only. Please get in touch with the owners for more details.

Sorry, there is no available parking for coaches at The Bridge Mill at this time.

Sorry, no dogs are allowed in the garden at this time.

Yes, there are various plants offerred for sale at The Bridge Mill, please enquire with the owners for more details.

Yes, one or more routes at The Bridge Mill are accessible to wheelchair users.

Yes. The Bridge Mill seeks to offer a sustainable refuge for nearby fauna and wildlife. These sanctuaries host diverse habitats supporting indigenous flora and fauna and nurturing local biodiversity.