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Clemo Address: Cuddra Holmbush St. Austell Postcode: PL25 3RQ County: Cornwall tel: 01726-73500 fax: 01726 77370 website: www.pinetumpark.com email: office //at// pinelodgegardens.co.uk English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: Open every day; 10am - 6pm (last tickets 5pm). Winter Plant Festival Best Times of Year to Visit: All year around To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: 17 August Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Coach and car park. Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Groups of 20+ welcome all year. Pre-booking required House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: £7.50 adults, £7.00 over 60's, £3.50 children (aged 5-16), £18.00 family ticket, Groups £6.50-£8.50 per person Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Limited access for the disabled. 'Kind of Blue' Jazz band Thursday 12th May; 7.30pm Live music - Gadjo Guitares Thursday 14th April; from 7.30pm Easter Childrens Play Day Wednesday 20th April; 10am-5pm Black Rock Jazz Band Thursday 9th June; 8pm Snowdrop Fortnight 7th - 21st Feb Halloween Play Day Saturday 30th October Features: 6,000 plants labelled. New 4 acre Winter Garden is maturing well. Japanese Garden, Pinetum with 80 different conifers, and arboretum Designer: Description of Garden: Although in horticultural terms this is a new garden, only 30 years old, it offers a range of spectacular features for any time of the year. This 30-acre estate comprises of several gardens within the one, forming the backdrop to a stunning range of over 6000 types of plants, most of which are labelled. Wandering through the original part of the garden large trunks and branches shrubs give a feel of maturity and discovery as you happen across various objects d'art. In stark contrast you eventually break through to open park land, lake and mature oaks reminiscent of 'Capability' Brown's English landscape style. Then behind you lies the Japanese garden complete with authentic tea pavilion, but pay attention when you take the bridge over the lake, or there will be a splash! For those who sit and look the slave garden offers a more poignant message. The focal point to the formal circular garden is a stunning statue of a slave set in bed of grasses. The slave is cruelly imprisoned by paths of hard, cold and unforgiving granite sets. In the summer three curved herbaceous beds are ablaze with the hot riotous colours, which may represent hell, or emotions such as furry and anger from one fighting to break free. Narrow yews add to the austerity like prison guards. Possibly the most unusual feature is a collection of 80 conifers, all different, in a six acre Pinetum, set out in a chessboard style. This is an area to watch over the next 20 years as the tall ones at the back reach for the sky and those in the foreground act as large natural carpets. In addition to Rhododendrons, Magnolias and Camellias so familiar in Cornish gardens there are Mediterranean and Southern-hemisphere plants grown for all year round interest. There are a host of specialist planting areas including herbaceous borders, a fernery, a woodland walk, an arboretum, shrubberies and water gardens. The water features include a large wild life pond, an ornamental pond with cascades, a lake with an island (home for ducks, black swans and water fowl) and marsh gardens. History: The garden was associated with the Rashleigh family in the 19th century. Local Inns: Rashleigh, Polkerris Crown Inn, St Ewe Accomodation: Carlyon Bay Hotel Restaurants: Pier House, Charlestown Village/Town/Sightseeing: St. Austell