Compton Acres (garden)
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This article is about garden in Dorset. For housing development in Nottinghamshire, see Compton Acres.
Compton Acres is a large privately-owned garden in Poole, Dorset, England, 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".
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[edit] References
- ^ Compton Acres — History of the Gardens. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
