Compton Acres (garden)

This article is about garden in Dorset. For housing development in Nottinghamshire, see Compton Acres.

Coordinates: 50°42′26″N 1°55′35″W / 50.70722°N 1.92639°W / 50.70722; -1.92639

Wooded Valley at Compton Acres

Compton Acres is a large privately-owned garden in Poole, Dorset, England. It was founded in 1920 by Thomas William Simpson, an entrepreneur who had become wealthy through the manufacture of margarine.^[1] The gardens are a popular tourist attraction.

Compton Acres consists of five themed sub-gardens: an Italian garden, a rock and water garden, a heather garden, a Japanese garden and a less formal garden called the "Wooded Valley".

References

1. ^ "Compton Acres — History of the Gardens". http://www.comptonacres.co.uk/index.php?pIDref=108-history. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 

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