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Welcome to The Porter's Garden

Recreated on the original 1754 site in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Find out about the garden, its plants, sculptures, history, and visiting.

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    About

    Read all about the garden and visiting.

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    News

    Catch up with the latest happenings in the garden.

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    Photo Gallery

    A selection of photographs taken in and around the garden.

Pouplar topics

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    Summer in the garden

    Summer is here, and how warm it's been. The garden is alive with many things in full bloom.

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    History

    Find out more about the original garden and how it  was recreated.

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    plants

    The garden features many plants common to an 18th Century garden.  Many of these are detailed here.

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    sculptures & Statues

    The gilt statue of William III might be the most noticeable but the garden has a number of statues, sculptures and specially comissioned pieces.

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Plant of the month (September) : Sedum spectabile

  1. Botanical name: Hylotelephium spectabile

  2. Previously called Sedum, these perennials form clumps of upright stems with colourful, succulent leaves in spring, blossoming into masses of long-lasting flowers in late summer and autumn.

  3. You can find this in the double walled bed.