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Garden Name: Bonython Estate Gardens
Last Modified: 14/01/2010
Garden ID: 0509

pic: 0509_Bonython.jpg

Owner: Mr & Mrs. R Nathan
Address:
Cury Cross Lanes
Helston

Postcode: TR12 7BA
County: Cornwall

tel: 01326 240550
fax: 01326 240478
website: www.bonythonmanor.co.uk
email: sue {at} bonythonmanor.co.uk

Features: 
Walled Garden, thatched tea house, potager, three lakes, South African proteas, ornamental grasses, tree ferns.

English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
1st Apr - 30th Sept; Mon - Fri; 10am - 4.30pm
Closed all Bank Holidays

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
June, July & August

To see: 
Herbaceous Walled garden, Potager, wonderful hot colour planting around lakes and tree ferns.

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: 5th May; 2 - 4.30pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: Group visits & garden tours

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Groups & garden tours 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adults £6; Child (6 - 16) £2; Child under 5 Free
Family ticket £14.00 (2 adults, 2 children)
Group visits and garden tours welcome, both by arrangement. Season tickets also available.

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities:
Light Refreshments are available including Tea, Coffee, Soft Drinks and a variety of delicious Home Baked Cakes. No dogs except guide dogs.


Designer: Sue Nathan
Description of Garden:
This is a magnificent 20-acre colour garden, including a sweeping hydrangea drive to the Georgian Manor (not open) with herbaceous walled garden, a potager with vegetables and picking flowers, three lakes in a valley planted with ornamental grasses, perennials and South African flowers. It is a "must-see" in Cornwall for its all season's colour.


History: 
Dating from the 1840's when the Manor and its grounds were considered a model estate, it lay dormant for 150 years until Mrs Nathan, with the help of numerous enthusiasts in the Cornish gardening fraternity, began a transformation in 1999 after purchasing the estate.

Local Inns: 
Halzephron Inn
Wheel Inn
Shipwright Arms

Accomodation: 
Bonython Estate through rural retreats (www.ruralretreats.com)
Halzephron Inn

Restaurants: 
Halzephron Inn
Trelowarren

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Lizard Peninsular
Helford River
Scenic beaches of Kynance Cove, Poldhu Cove
Fishing villages of Porthleven, Mullion, Cadgwith and Coverack