PENBORN GOAT FARM

The gardens have been developed out of culm grassland. The underlying soil is heavy clay, so the only way to create productive gardens was to build a complex of raised beds.

  Mentha Julias Sweet Citrus

The beds all have different themes, some are used for vegetable production, but the majority are dedicated to single herbs. We have 2 national collections  (Mentha & Mellisa). The individual varieties within the beds are kept segregated  to ensure the purity of each cultivar. This leads to the beds taking on the appearance of a physic garden, and gives  visitors a rather unique experience of a most unusual garden.

The unique way our gardens are made  makes them easilly accessable to wheelchair users. 

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 All the beds are surrounded by hard paths which make them relatively easy to manouvre wheelchairs on

     .      The lavenders are particularly good in the mid summer