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Trewidden is owned by the Bolitho
Family, and is part of the 8000 acre Bolitho Estate in West
Cornwall. The gardens at Trewidden were initially laid out by
Thomas Bedford Bolitho (1835 -1915) during the 1880's around
a clay lined pond creating one of the finest gardens in South
West England.
The House at Trewidden is not open but is available to let as
a
luxury holiday home.
The Gardens at Trewidden have only been regularly open to the
public since 2001, though there is much to see. It is essentially
a springtime garden, but there is plenty of colour in every
season and since 2005 the gardens have been open right through
to October.
The Gardens include; Higher Garden, Pond Garden, North Walk.
Middle clearing in front of the House (with a lake), Garden
Drive, The Burrows, Rock Garden, Tree Fern Dell, Little Bluebell
Wood, Camellia Garden, Lower Garden, Nursery Drive & the South
Garden.
Trewidden is particularly famous for its camellia collection
built up over the past century which is one of the largest at
over 300 cultivars. The magnolia trees are some of the largest
in the country, while the Tree Fern Dell claims to have the
largest collection of dicksonsias in the northern hemisphere,
some of them over 150 years old and the Pond Garden contains
a stand of huge Gunnera.
Specimens include the gardens own magnolia 'Trewidden Belle',
Butia capitata (jelly palm), Chilean nut-trees
(Gevuina avelllana) and a Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn
Redwood tree) with the widest girth in the South West of England.
This tree was amongst the first to be introduced to Britain
shortly after the second World War.
Trewidden Nursery offers
unusual and specialist plant sales, light refreshments are also
available.
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