The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden was originally the Victorian walled garden and is now home to the many friendly Powderham pets. A donkey, pot-bellied pigs, goats, guinea pigs, chickens, sheep, and stick-insects, to name but a few, live here in a blissfully happy environment and enjoy the company of visitors, children and adults alike. The Secret Garden is also home to Timmy 2, and his companion, Eliza - both Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoises, who have spent most of their lives in Devon and have become quite the local celebrities, appearing on 'Blue Peter' in recent years.

The Garden is on a south-facing slope and has a glasshouse built by the architect Charles Fowler, which now provides a wet weather shelter for visitors and is used by the Estate to supply pinks to the Perfumed Garden, a lovely plant centre just within the Castle gates.

The Secret Garden is also home to the Courtenay Fort and a family picnic area. An idyllic spot to hold your child's birthday party. For more information click here to go to our Birthday Parties page.

The Secret Garden & Courtenay Fort are open from 11.00am; closing times will vary during the season, please check on arrival. The Secret Garden is accessible to visitors with wheelchairs and pushchairs, although there are some steep slopes.

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