RHS Garden Rosemoor

Another fairytale-like garden is of course The Rose Gardens. In the Springtime you'll find a celebration of colour and life growing and climbing high. The garden consists of old traditional roses, represented by Albas, Damasks, Moss and Gallicas mixed in with some modern shrub roses. It's the perfect place to take some family photos. You should also take a stroll down The Queen Mother's Rose Garden. Here you'll find Hybrid tea (large-flowered), floribunda (cluster-flowered) and shrub roses form a delightful mix with climbing roses and ramblers. What will strike you the most, however, is the glorious scent!

There are so many exquisite gardens to explore at RHS Rosemoor. Play hide and seek behind the pyramid hedges in The Long Borders. Follow the immaculate winding paths of The Cool Garden. Follow your feet to a body of water in the Upper bog Garden, Rock Gully & Lake. Kids will love uncovering a waterfall and marvelling at the South American large-leaved gunneras in the lake. Race each other through natural flower meadows, take a seat in the Mediterranean Garden or investigate the sculptures in the Stone Garden.

Kids will never get bored at these amazing gardens, with so many colours, textures, and structures to discover, they will be in heaven!

Things To Do

Your cheeky monkeys will love The Brash - an action-packed natural play area under tine pine trees, featuring climbing structures, a sandpit, a slide, and bug magnifiers. Then at the second play area, you can find the “Green Ship”, with its standing see-saw and spiro-giro, which is perfect for older kids. Meanwhile, your younger adventurers can climb the living willow sculptures and practice their balance on the stepping logs.

Want to make it more fun for the little ones? Pick up a free seasonal trail map at the entrance, follow the clues and get a prize at the end. Don't miss the new Very Hungry Caterpillar trail!

Want to take a piece of RHS Garden Rosemoor with you? Head over to the garden centre for your pick of the crops! Enrich your life with flowers and shrubs grown in Rosemoor's very own plant nursery! Is there a family member's birthday coming up? Why not treat them to a wide selection of unique gifts, fashions, fragrances, and homewares? There's to mooch through at the Rosemoor Garden Centre & gift shop! Keep your eyes peeled for exciting annual celebrations! You can expect music events, art exhibitions, and lots more at RHS Rosemoor.

Food & Drink

RHS Garden Rosemoor has some great safe and clean picnic spots. There are a wooden shelter and picnic benches on the lawn near the playground. Bring some tasty, home-cooked food and relax. Your tots can run up to you for a bite and go back to their play as they like, so you won’t have to be in a rush.

Enjoy delicious award-winning food at all the onsite cafes & restaurants. Curious? Let's jump straight into them...

Garden Kitchen Restaurant

Fancy a special treat? The Garden Kitchen Restaurant offers morning pastries, lunches, cream teas, afternoon teas, and cakes - what more could you ask for?

Afternoon tea

Keep it quintessential with an afternoon tea at Rosemoor’s Garden Kitchen Restaurant. Enjoy a selection of finger sandwiches, homemade scones, and our handcrafted choice of fancies.

Otter Café

Stop by for takeaway hot and cold drinks, morning pastries, hot pastries, sandwiches, picnic bags, cakes, and ice cream at the Otter Café.

Wisteria Tea Room

spoil your family with afternoon tea and enjoy cakes, cream teas and hot pasties served on traditional vintage china, and filter coffee and tea.

Shepherd’s Rest takeaway

Pick up takeaway hot and cold drinks, hot pastries, sandwiches, picnic bags, cakes, and ice cream. This seriously delicious food is not to be missed out on during your visit!

Accessibility

There is designated parking 40m–60m from the garden entrance, including 26 accessible parking bays and three family bays. Blue badges are not required.

There is a designated drop-off point available at the main entrance, please note this is not covered and no advance booking is available.

Visitors are welcome to bring their own personal mobility vehicles to help them get around.

Assistance dogs are allowed onsite.

There are eight manual wheelchairs available at the garden entrance for ‘on-the-day’ use or advance booking. To make a booking or find out more please email rosemooradmin@rhs.org.uk with the date of your visit, arrival time, and surname or call 01805 626810.

Three powered mobility vehicle scooters (Tramper’s) are available for guests with limited mobility, free of charge, subject to membership to the Countryside Mobility South West Scheme.

• Countryside Mobility Temporary Membership – £2.50 (valid for two weeks)
• Countryside Mobility Yearly Membership – £10

There is no land train-type vehicle at Rosemoor.

Accessible unisex WCs are available in the garden entrance, The Garden Room, the picnic kiosk in the car park, and at Rosemoor House.

Hearing loops are installed in the garden entrance, Lecture Hall and Peter Buckley Learning Centre. Audio magazine copies of The Garden are available from the Rosemoor Reading Room.

Larger print maps are available for those who are visually impaired. Please ask our staff at reception.

For more information head to: https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/rosemoor/plan-your-visit/accessibility-at-rosemoor

Travel & Parking for Visitors

Visit car-free and get discounted entrance tickets! All you need is proof of public transport, and Bob's your uncle!

On foot

Please see the map detailing the most off-road route from the Tarka Trail. This route utilises the old river path which does not have a finished road surface.

By bike

Open-air bike parking facilities are provided. Plan your bike journey to Rosemoor on Cycle Streets’ Journey Planner.

By bus

Bus 5B runs from Barnstaple and Hatherleigh to Exeter via Rosemoor, every 2 hours, Monday-Saturday (excluding public holidays). For more information visit the Stagecouch website.

By car

Exit the M5 Southbound Exit at Junction 27, and join the A361 link road signposted Barnstaple/Bideford. At Barnstaple join A39 signposted Bideford (Atlantic Highway), keep heading towards Bideford on the A39 until you reach a roundabout signposted to Great Torrington (B3232). Take this road and follow it into Great Torrington. RHS Garden Rosemoor is signposted at Great Torrington and is situated 1 mile south on the A3124 road which heads towards Exeter. Car parking is free.

By Train & Taxi

The closest station is Umberleigh (10 miles), and from the station you can call R & D Travel on 01805 622707 to book a taxi for approximately £25 to RHS Garden Rosemoor.

Barnstaple Station is 13 miles away. From within the Barnstaple/Bideford area, All Area Taxi’s offer a 10% discount on all fares to and from RHS Garden Rosemoor. Please call 01237 470 211 to book a taxi.

• Beautiful gardens, ideal for long walks
• Natural play area for little adventurers
• Great for family picnics!
• The perfect place to visit during the school holidays.