Spring garden breaks in Cornwall
Cornwall, with it’s mild coastal climate, is home to some truly magnificent and varied gardens and in Spring they are full of exciting, rare and beautiful plants.
We would like to invite you to come and stay with us for 4 or 5 days this spring, for each full day of your stay we will give you free entry to one of the following great Cornwall Gardens:
Trebah Gardens
This beautiful 26 acre garden is listed among the 80 finest in the world. The steeply wooded ravine descends to a secluded beach on the Helford River.
A stream cascades over waterfalls and water gardens with ponds full of Koi carp and through two acres of massed blue and white hydrangeas. Huge 100 year old tree-ferns mingle with a forest of rhododendrons, magnolias and camellias under a canopy of ancient oaks and beeches.
Truly a garden for all seasons. Open 10.30am to 5pm (last admission) Picture courtesy of Trebah.
Lamorran House Gardens
A Mediterranean garden, set in the Roseland peninsula, surrounded by the sea and with extensive views out over Falmouth Bay.
Built in the Italianate manner, the four acre garden winding down the hillside to the sea, is home to a vast array of palm trees and subtropical plants.
Open April to September
Trevarno Estate Gardens
Set in the heart of the historic Trevarno Estate, which can be traced back to 1246, these beautiful Victorian and Georgian gardens are a plantsmans paradise featuring one of Cornwall’s most extensive collections of trees, shrubs and exotic plants.
Notable features include Bluebell Valley, Sunken Italian Garden, Bog Garden, Serpentine Yew Tunnel, Lake and Cascade, Victorian Boathouse, and the mysterious Rockery and Grotto. Certain areas are now the subject of major restoration projects, in particular the upper and lower Walled Gardens. Open 10.30-4.30 (last admission).
Lanhydrock Gardens
Large formal and woodland garden including Victorian parterre, stunning magnolias, camellias and rhododendrons.
Superb parkland setting in the Fowey valley, with miles of walks through woods and along the river.
Garden open year round, 10am to 6pm.
Trelissick
This National Trust property commands an outstanding position at the head of Carrick Roads. The gardens are on many levels with year-round colour and interest, Cornish apple orchard and traditional summerhouses.Tender and exotic plants, camellias, magnolias, rhododendrons and many rare hydrangeas.
Park and Walks open year round.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
One of the most famous Cornwall gardens! The dynamism and hard work of earlier generations created a largely self-sufficient estate comprising home farm, working woodlands,orchards, and gardens brimming with newly imported, exotic species. In 1990, the Lost Gardens were re-discovered and restored with care.Open year round.
Bonython Estate Gardens
Situated on England’s southernmost Lizard Peninsular, Bonython Estate Gardens offer excitement and surprises, with colour and interest in all seasons.
Remodeled in recent years, to include, a contemporary water feature behind the delightful Georgian Manor, an eighteenth century Walled Garden with colour- themed herbaceous borders, a Traditional Potager Garden, and an orchard of Cornish variety apple trees, on through parkland to a series of small lakes in a sheltered valley.
Gardens are Open Monday to Friday Between 10am and 4:30pm From April to September
Caerhays Gardens
Home to a National Magnolia Collection the gardens here at Caerhays are a spring-time wonderland for visitors. But how many people are really aware of the history behind them and of the immense part the Williams family have played in the introduction of new plants into their everyday gardens.
From late in the 19th century when J C Williams first became involved with gardening at Caerhays to the present day, the Williams family and their garden staff have worked to maintain and improve the gardens.
The support provided to the intrepid plant hunters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the care and attention lavished on the plants and seeds brought back, along with the hybridising program which still exists today,mean that Caerhays Castle Garden will continue to not only maintain and care for the older plants but will produce many new varieties in the future.
Trewithen Gardens
A historic private estate internationally renowned for its collection of magnolias and camellias. Also boasting 24 'Champion Trees', woodland walks, 18th Century estate house, Tea Shop and highly prized plants from the on-site nursery.
Gardens are open from the 1st of March to the 30th September.
Special Web rates for 2010
4 Nights including Dinner & Breakfast from only £600 per room
5 Nights including Dinner & Breakfast from only £725 per room
(must start on a Sunday)
We will give you entry to any one of the gardens listed above for each FULL day of your stay. Please let us know at the time of booking with Gardens you would like to visit.
To book telephone the hotel on 01872 552202 or Book Online Here
Your booking must start on or before 15th May 2010.
This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Subject to availability.
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