Hartland Abbey Snowdrop Weekend 2012

Enjoy a wonderful day out in the snowdrops, some planted hundreds of years ago. See the early daffodils, camellias, hellebores and spring flowers. This year you can choose to come on either the Saturday or the Sunday for the first time. You are welcome to bring along your dogs on leads; they love all the walks!

Many of the snowdrops at Hartland Abbey were planted many hundreds of years ago and stretch from the Walled Gardens to the sea. Beautiful paths lead visitors around the gardens and through the woods to Blackpool Mill, a remote cove on the Atlantic coast. During this winter another path will be restored, linking the newly restored Summerhouse to the Gazebo which will be a really exciting new addition to the Hartland Abbey experience in 2012! The Summerhouse, restored in 2010, was last used in the War by the author Winifred Fortescue, who camped there to write her novels. With this and the new path to the Gazebo opened last year, visitors are able to enjoy really wonderful new circular walks to the Gazebo and the sea.

For those who have not visited Hartland Abbey before it is also a chance to walk to ‘Barton Cottage’ which was the home of the Dashwood family in the recent BBC production of ‘Sense and Sensibility’, filmed here in 2007. The snowdrops at Hartland Abbey are a wonderful sight and have been hugely enjoyed by ‘Snowdrop Sunday’ visitors in the past. It is a great chance to ‘blow away the winter cobwebs’ and have a really good walk or just have a gentle wander around!

Come and explore the 50 acres of grounds, the woodland and walled gardens and the walk to the beach. Over 3 ½ miles of walks - Wellies advisable!