The Organic Garden
"Our garden gates are fully open! With blossom, bulbs and buns a plenty, we’re looking forward to seeing you all.
Come along, enjoy coffee and cake or a light lunch while you’re here! We are a friendly bunch and love chatting and swapping experiences and tips with likeminded folk. Keep your eye on this page for news on workshops, tours, and talks.
It’s six and a half acres of Soil Association certified ornamental and edible plants in a seasonal patchwork that we’ve been constantly evolving since we started more than 30 years ago. There is a strong emphasis on confident planting and quirky fun."
Sarah Mead, Head Gardener
General Visiting
Our Usual Opening Hours
Our visitor opening days for 2024 are most Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from Thursday 11th April up until the end of October. From 10am to 5pm. Book your entry tickets here. Season ticket holders do not have to book, but please check we are open on the day you are wanting to come, as the garden may occasionally be closed for a private event. If it is open and however says we are fully booked, you are still welcome to visit with your season ticket. If you are an RHS member, please select the correct offer when booking your ticket and then be sure to bring along your membership card.
Visitor Information
GENERAL ENTRY
It costs £8 to enter the garden, £2 for children under 12 yrs, and children under 2 go free – booking is recommended.
SEASON TICKETS
For 2024 these remain at £30 each (or £10 for under 12’s). To purchase, please call 01761 258148, email garden.team@yeovalleyfarms.co.uk, or pop into the garden shop on a Garden Open Day.
GROUPS and AOB
If you would like to discuss tours, meet and greets or any other events, speak with one of our friendly garden team on 01761 258148 or email garden.team@yeovalleyfarms.co.uk.
SHOP
Our small shop is open on our Garden Open Days selling a selection of tools we use ourselves, books, vintage knick knacks, plants and seeds, our own organic veg, and of course Yeo Valley Organic products at bargain prices.
DOGS
Sorry, we are a working farm: no dogs please. Assistance Dogs welcome.
See you there!
Events in the Valley
The Garden Café
No visit to the garden would be complete without a cup of tea and slice of cake, or even a spot of light lunch. There’s a terrace for sunny days and a wood burner inside for when its more chilly!
We don’t take bookings for the cafe, but we’re open whenever the garden is – on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays throughout the season (please check we’re open before you come).
You can pre-book your garden entry, or just arrive and pay at the gate.
The Avenue
We planted the avenue in 1995; lined with Tea Crabapple trees (or Malus hupehensis, to the uninitiated), it’s at its most beautiful when the blossom is out in May.
The Meadow
We sowed our perennial meadow over 10 years ago and it’s continued to flourish. After flowering, the meadow is cut and the seeds left to drop so the wild flowers can continue to bloom year after year.
The Gravel Garden
From the bees’ paradise of the thyme bank to beautiful herbaceous planting, the gravel garden is a true tapestry of colour. Most of the plants have come from our friends at the organic nursery Caves Folly.
The Veggie Garden
On what was once a tennis court sits a mixture of veg and flowers – our ornamental kitchen garden. We grow all our own plants here – even the supports are hazel and willow from the garden. Our seeds come from Tamar Organics.
The Garden Shop
Before you say goodbye, make sure to pop by the garden shop and load up on all your favourite Yeo Valley Organic goodies, browse a selection of our favourite local products and don't forget to check out our quirky gardening bits and bobs.
