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Trewithen tel: 01726 883 647 Area: Cornwall |
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| Visitor Information | www.trewithengardens.co.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Trewithen Cornwall All details updated* as of: 20/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
1st Mar - 30th September; Mon - Sat and Sundays Mar, Apr & May only; 10am - 4.30pm. Last entry 4pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: April, May and June |
To
see: Many Cornish Spring flowers, rare trees and shrubs. |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Garden: Adult £5; Child under 5 Free; Groups of 20+ £4.50 per person; Child (5-15) £2.50 House: Adult £5.75; Child Free; Group of 20+ £4.75, booking essential Combined Garden & House: Adult £8; Child £2.50; Group of 20+ £7 Adult ticket valid for 1 month £25 Guided Tours: Groups up to 25 £50; over 25 (with 2 guides) £70. Guided tour with Head Gardener - group of 15-20 £150 |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Video presentation. Childrens' play area. 1500 varieties and species are available in the Nursery. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Viewing platforms | English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
George Johnstone |
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| Country Life called Trewithen "One of the outstanding West Country houses of the 18th century". Its fine Georgian elevations, which took 40 years to complete, perfectly complement perhaps the most beautiful woodland gardens in the British Isles. The story starts with what many would regard as a disaster, the compulsory felling of 300 beeches to provide WWI trench props. However George Johnstone used this opportunity to create his masterpiece, the great glade which spreads out in front of the house. This contains magnolias, camellias, including the original Donation, (all examples of which worldwide stem from this plant at Trewithen), and rhododendrons, especially the lovely variety named by Johnstone after his wife, Alison. There are many rare trees and shrubs found here, though not in many other places in the British Isles, some of which are introductions by the famous plant hunters E. H. Wilson and George Forrest. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Philip Hawkins purchased Trewithen in 1715 and was succeeded by his cousin, Thomas, in 1738, who planted many of the fine trees. However there were no tremendous developments until George Horace Johnstone (1882-1960) took it in hand with the spectacular results seen today. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Cornwall Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Alverton Manor, Truro Tresanton, St. Mawes Nare Hotel, Veryan Carlyon Bay, St. Austell |
Restaurants: Many good restaunts in Truro and surrounding area. |
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| Inns & Pubs: Crown, St Ewe Dolphin, Grampound Wheel Inn, Tresillian Hawking Arms, Probus |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: St. Austell |
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