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Trengwainton Garden tel: 01765-363148 Area: Cornwall |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk -- email: trengwainton {at} nationaltrust.org.uk |
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Trengwainton Garden |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
14 Feb - 31 Oct 10:30 - 5 (tea room open 10), Sun - Thurs |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Yes - Booking essential Call 01736 363148 (Coach Bookings). |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 4th Apr 29th Aug |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Feb/Mar April/May Sept/Oct |
To
see: Magnolias Rhododendrons Walled Kitchen Garden |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult £6.20, child £3.10, family £15.10, family (1 adult) £9.30. Groups (15+) £5.20, Group child £2.60. Reduced rate when arriving by cycle, on foot or public transport | |||
| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
| Other
Facilities: Disabled access to 75% of the gardens. Easter Trail 2nd, 4th & 5th Apr, Wet Nose Day 2nd May, Big Draw 11th Aug, Heritage Open Day 11th Sept, Pumpkin Fun Day 24th Oct |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Sheltered garden with an abundance of exotic trees and shrubs, including a large collection of Camellias and Rhododendrons. A picturesque stream leads up to a terrace with stunning views of Mounts Bay. Walled kitchen garden showcasing contemporary varieties of fruit and vegetables. Dogs welcome throughout the garden (except tea-room garden) | English Heritage Garden Grade: II | ||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Enjoying the mildest climate in Britain, Trengwainton, "House of the Spring", has a magnificent collection of exotic plants and shrubs giving almost the feel of a sub-tropical garden. Ferns, palms, rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias and azaleas grow in a profusion of greenery and colours with many rare and tender plants collected from Tasmania, Australia, China, Chile, New Zealand and California to surprise and delight both the expert plantsman and ordinary gardener. Parts of the garden have a jungle-like atmosphere, whereas others, especially by the numerous streams fed by the high annual rainfall, contain plants that thrive in more open areas, such as bamboo and grasses as well as a good variety of bog plants that grow by the stream near the drive. The National Trust is continually testing new species for hardiness at Trengwainton so there will doubtless be more wonderful surprises in store for visitors in the future. |
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| History of Garden | |||
| Sir Rose Price, a Jamaican sugar planter, first laid out the garden in the early 19th century. In about 1820 he built the series of small walled compartments near the entrance lodge to grow vegetables in raised brick beds, angled towards the winter sun. Although it is known that similar beds were built in other gardens, these at Trengwainton are believed to be the only survivors. The Bolitho family bought the property in 1867, but the exotic transfers to the garden only began when Lt. Col. Edward Bolitho inherited the garden in 1925, because, as one of the sponsors of Frank Kingdon-Ward's plant-hunting expedition to Assam and the Mishmi Hills in Burma in 1927-8, he acquired many choice specimens, some of which flowered here for the first time in the British Isles. The terrace at the top of the garden faces south-east with wonderful views to the sea and St. Michael's Mount, but the garden, protected from strong westerly winds by Sir Rose Price's plantations, suffered badly in the gales of 1990, necessitating much defensive re-planting by the National Trust. |
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/ Sightseeing: St Michael's Mount (National Trust) |
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