Overbeck’s Garden

Nestled on a clifftop above the picturesque seaside town of Salcombe, Overbeck’s is a subtropical garden full of colour. Due to its sheltered location and unique climate, rare and plants thrive have been able to thrive including banana trees, cacti and palms.

The garden is named after the inventor and eccentric collector Otto Overbeck who lived at the property from 1928.

The most remarkable of Overbeck's inventions is 'The Rejuvenator'; a machine that applied small electrical current to the body, through a series of electrodes. Overbeck claimed that his Rejuvenator helped restore correct electrical balance to the human body and could cure all manner of illness.

The money he made from sales of the Rejuvenator helped fund his purchase of the property here, and indulge his passion for collecting.