Trewoofe House in the Lamorna Valley
In May 2008 we had a busy gardens day. There are three gardens in the Lamorna Valley - Chygurno, Trewoofe House and Trewoofe Orchard - and, since we would be passing it on the way to Lamorna, we decided to include Trereife as well. Of the four, Trewoofe Orchard was the undoubted star, Chygurno the most remarkable, Trewoofe House pleasant but not outstanding, and Trereife a waste of time (with two honourable exception - the cafe and a cornish cross). A great bonus was bluebells everywhere.
Trewoofe House is at the head of the Lamorna Valley, very close to Trewoofe Orchard. Both benefit from small streams that later join to flow down to Lamorna Cove. The house was built in 1913 for Charles and Ella Naper, members of the Lamorna Colony, an offshoot of the Newlyn School of 'plein air' artists. It is now (2008) the home of their niece Mrs. Pigott, who has developed the garden in a delightful casual style. There are large and colourful island beds, New Zealand shrubs, hostas, hellebores and some rhodos and azaleas. The charming stream garden has lovely irises and some unusually coloured candelabra primulas. There is also a small orchard and a well stocked greenhouse by the house. We enjoyed Trewoofe House Garden but not as much as Trewoofe Orchard.
Colourful island bed near the house
B3515 Newlyn-Lamora, just before Lamorna turn
Trewoofe
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Trewoofe Orchard in the Lamorna Valley
Orchard in the Lamorna Valley
Trist House Garden at Veryan
Trist House was built around 1830 by Samuel Trist, vicar of Veryan and son of the man who built the village's famed 'round houses'. Much of Samuel's garden had been lost when Graham and Brenda Salmon bought the house in 1994. They have restored some features - including Italianate terraces and a giant rockery - and added many more. For a garden that, at the time of our visit, was mostly only ten years old it seemed remarkably mature. Amongst the delights are a rose pergola, a hydrangea walk, wisteria beds, a dell garden, a wild rose garden - and the view from the house over the Italianate terraces to a luxuriantly planted border. Do be sure to include the part of the garden across the drive or you will miss some of these features and the large rockeries which were under restoration at the time of our visit in June 2004. Excellent cream teas are served in a charming courtyard behind the house. There is only a small amount of parking but it rarely gets busy and, if it does, there is space to park in the village and walk up.
Antony Woodland Garden
We had been round Antony Woodland Garden previously but I got few photos then. On this occasion, in April 2007, I took plenty of photos, so I felt it was time for a report. Antony House and its garden are in the care of the National Trust. The Woodland Garden remains in the ownership of the Pole-Carew family but is free to members of the NT when the house is open. If you go to Antony, on the Rame Peninsula, to visit house, garden and woodland garden you would do well to allow most of a day; the full circuit of the woodland garden is the better part of five miles and there is a lot to linger over. The woodland garden has its own car park, close to the warden's lodge. The western part of the garden has the major spring interest: hundreds of superb camellias, abundant magnolias, azaleas and rhododendrons, lovely mature woodland with carpets of primroses and bluebells. For part of the way the path follows the River Lynher with views to Ince Castle and Anthony Passage. Sculpture is dotted around and you see a Georgian bath house. The eastern part overlooks the Lynher and the Hamoaze with views to Trematon Castle and the Tamar Bridges. Just off the path is an ancient dovecot. A lovely place for a fairly serious walk. And, if you are visiting the house, its more formal garden is a delight, too.