Trelissick Gardens..

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A visit to one of the most beautiful gardens in Cornwall, a drop of rain at first so we wandered into the woods first, luckily short and sharp and didn’t spoil our visit.

One of the first sights upon making your way into the gardens is the Water Tower, built in the 1820’s to provide the pressure needed to supply the house and gardens, due to the elevated position apparently it was a must, its now a holiday cottage..

Through the courtyard is an enclosed garden that used to be the veg garden but is now a scent and sense garden, my hands smelled quite refreshing after a tweak of some of the leaves, never can resist herbs…

Looking down as walking through the woods we can see the River Fal and the King Harry Ferry, the beach area looked great but we couldn’t find our way down, the map was useless and causing a great deal of cross words being exchanged as lots of visitors like ourselves followed it faithfully only to reach a deadend..

Rustic Haha to stop and rest in if one wishes..

Or a very handy tree with some very obliging branches if you ’d prefer the natural seating …..

Out of the woods and up across the parkland towards the house, the grass is left uncut in the summer to encourage the growth of wildflowers.

The house itself was closed to the public when we were there so we could only admire from the outside and take a peek through the doors..

Very grand don’t you think and they have some fabulous views….
Sunshine at last so we made our way back to the main lawn and had a wander around, the pathway meanders around beds and borders full of summer flowering shrubs intermingled with exotic palms, crocosmia, kniphofias and many more.

The beds and borders are designed to give interest all through the year and holding centre stage and dominating this whole area is this huge Cryptomeria japonica,( planted in 1898 ) an instant draw to some children who were thrilled to bits at the size and immediately began clambering up, luckily mum spotted them before the gardeners did…

Then its down through the Hydrangea Walk.

There are over 350 hydrangeas at Trelissick, many planted before the Second World War

Into the Dell..

The Bridge connects two parts of the garden and crosses the road leading down to the ferry..

Back via another lovely border..

One last peek at the map just to make sure we haven’t missed anything…

Then its off to the giftshop and of course we had to have our cornish cream tea, we felt it was a must…..It was delicious..

Its good to share with the locals……….

• 22 Jul, 2014
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