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__NOTOC__ Rosemoor Garden is an internationally renowned collection of gardens in North Devon, England. The Lady Anne Palmer created the original garden of in 1959, and developed it over a 30-year period. The garden was first opened to the public in 1967, under the National Gardens Scheme.〔Brent Elliott: The Royal Horticultural Society, A History 1804-2004. Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 1-86077-272-2.〕 Lady Palmer gave it to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in 1988, together with an additional of land. Nowadays Rosemoor Garden covers and it hosts, apart from a range of gardens, a visitor centre, with a library, a plant centre, a shop, a restaurant and the Wisteria tearoom. In 2009 the garden received 129,690 visitors. Rosemoor is situated 1 km south-east of Great Torrington on A3124 to Exeter. It is surrounded by over woodlands; with the River Torridge running along the western border. It has given its name to a variety of Clematis〔http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4796〕 Some of the highlights of Rosemoor Garden are: * the Rose Garden, with about 2000 roses * the Arboretum * the Herb, Fruit and Vegetable Gardens * the Alpine House ==History== The estate of Rosemoor ''alias'' "Rowes Moor" appears to have been a possession of the Walpole family, Earls of Orford, whose Devon seat, inherited from his wife a member of the Rolle family, was Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe.〔North Devon Record Office, Doe family of Great Torrington, B70 M/20 1840-1960, "newspaper cuttings on R H M Walpole's inheritance of the Earl of Orford's estates, including Rosemoor, Torrington, 1928"()〕 The Rolle Canal terminated at Lord Rolle's limekilns at Rosemoor, which survive as ruins in 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rosemoor Garden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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