History

Cockington’s walled Organic Kitchen Garden is located at the rear of Cockington Court in Torquay. The garden was created in the 1700’s to provide produce for Cockington Court and used for a variety of purposes before being restored to its former function as a Kitchen Garden in 1990.

The Organic Kitchen Garden

Find out about organic gardening methods in the walled demonstration garden at Cockington. See how you can grow your own organic vegetables, however large or small your garden. You can learn about how we keep bugs off our plants without using harmful chemicals, how to make compost from kitchen and garden waste, how to attract beneficial wildlife and how to use beds and crop rotation techniques to make the most of our soil.

The Staff and Volunteers

The Organic Kitchen garden is open between 10am and 5pm. Entrance is free. John Austin works part-time as a Gardener/trainer. In addition we have many regular volunteers, contact John if you are interested on 606035.

Courses/ Events and activities

The Organic Kitchen Garden holds various events through the season details of which can be found in the Trust events leaflet and here. In addition the organic garden is an excellent venue for tours and educational workshops.