I had a real treat this May when we visited The National Trust Godolphin House, that opens for a just a few days each month. From the walk through the bluebell woods to the iconic ravaged time worn wooden doors, to the fabulous granite paving slabs to the intriguing doorways opening to yet another vista […]
Beautiful gardens to visit in West Cornwall
All the local info and tips about visiting gardens in West Cornwall, The Lizard and the Roseland peninsula. Throughout the year we will visit our local gardens and show you how the local gardens look in every season with our own photos to help you decide which gardens to visit
Away down to Lamorna
“Away down to Lamorna” is chorus of a famous Cornish song and I had forgotten just how beautiful Lamorna Valley was, until we drove down through the valley to the harbour again this week. The tinge of autumn was yet to touch the luscious green of the all enveloping trees in this sheltered valley and […]
Lamorran House Garden
The trees were already showing a trace of gold on their leaves, as we took the King Harry Ferry across the River Fal to the Roseland Peninsula, to visit the Lamorran House Gardens again. Our last visit to Lamorran’s subtropical, Italianate garden must have been nearly twenty years ago and we were looking forward to […]
Bonython Estate Gardens
Bonython Gardens with its 18th century walled gardens, tranquil lakes and dramatic sweeps of parkland is almost a hidden gem amongst the Great Gardens of Cornwall. With its laid back approach, Bonython is definitely a must for garden visitors seeking to step off the “Tourist Trail” and move into another world of old fashioned hospitality […]
Trengwainton – a garden for all seasons
We visited Trengwainton gardens this August and found a garden for all season, with a rich depth of planting evolving within the old estate walls. I’ve always thought of Trengwainton as a spring garden, with a walled kitchen garden within, so we were pleasantly surprised to find the range of thoughtful sub tropical planting within […]
Trebah Gardens an autumn pilgrimage
We explored Trebah garden again yesterday, as the golden leaves of autumn swirled around our feet. This magnificent garden is in a lush sheltered river valley running down to the sea and the garden coaxes you along its well manicured paths with all of the authority of a vintage Rolls Royce. The Walk from the […]
Trewidden Garden – a spring garden visit in the summertime
This week we squeezed in a visit to Trewidden garden – it is one of the great gardens of Cornwall and it is just outside of Penzance on the Land’s End Road. We found the established arboretum of rare trees gathered by plant hunter Edward Bolitho from habitats around the world, interlaced by a well […]
A visit to the St Michael’s Mount gardens
The gardens of St Michael’s Mount reopened at Easter and finally, this week, I fulfilled a long held ambition to visit them! I know we live within sight of the mount but somehow the time was never right – that’s not until this week as we enjoyed a Mediterranean spring here in Cornwall and I […]
Exploring Tremenheere Sculpture gardens
We had a real spring treat this week and explored the Tremenheere sculpture gardens with a guided tour from director and founder Dr Neil Armstrong arranged in conjunction with Cornwall 365. Tremenheere gardens hold a growing world class collection of sculptures and a recreated Chelsea Gold Medal winning garden Tremenheere has a fabulous setting cocooned […]
Life in the Gulf Stream
We are so lucky to live on the West Cornwall Peninsula. The most south westerly peninsular in Britain warmed by the Gulf Stream – the warm air that flows from the Caribbean north east towards Europe and that lends us this unique sub tropical climate. Yet each day as I look down over the courtyard […]