The Venue
This seven acre garden was begun in 1957 by Eric Cameron and his wife Joy and is now home to an extensive and expanding plant collection incorporating many rare and beautiful shrubs and trees, including many magnolias, azaleas and rhododendrons. There are also many unusual shrubs and hardy and tender perennials.
The garden contains areas of both formal and informal plantings and a number of 'ruins', lovingly constructed by the owner himself as settings for his plant collection.
Under the guidance of its current curator, William Dyson, the garden continues to evolve and develop.
'Dysons Nurseries' attached to the garden and run by the garden's Curator offers a wide range of interesting perennials and is renowned for its award-winning Salvias.
See Great Comp Garden [website]
Directions
2 miles East of Borough Green nr. Sevenoaks.
From A20 East of Wrotham Heath, turn South onto Seven Mile Lane, B2016. At the first cross-roads turn right into Comp Lane - garden on the left in half a mile. There are tourist signs on the A20, the B2016 and from the A25 at Platt.
Map - this link is to a map which is hosted by streetmap.co.uk and may be slow to download on a 56 k modem. Opens in a new window - close to return. [OPEN MAP]
Nurseries
Nurseries booked to attend the sale include -
# Bean Place Nursery
# Cottage Garden Geraniums
# Dawn 'n Dusk
# Garden Plants *
# Halls Court Geraniums
# Harringe Court Cottage Garden Plants
# Pineview Plants
# Plantbase
# Southon Plants
# Usual and Unusual Plants *
# Wallace Plants
# Adrian Bone - Wrought Iron Furniture
# And also the HPS Kent Group plant sales stall.
* Indicates nursery with details listed on the [nurseries page]
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