Horticultural collection

The Honourable EAH Boscawen

Cornwall

Description

Large garden in Cornwall with the oldest outdoor Camellia collection in the UK. New species and varieties continually added, flowering now all year round. Home of the first tea garden in Britain of Camellia sinensis.

Contact

The Honorable EAH Boscawen (Collection: Attn. Jonathon Jones)

Address

Estate Office

Tregothnan

Tresillian

Truro

Cornwall

TR2 4AN

Telephone

01872 520000

E-mail

jjones@tregothnan.co.uk

Website

tregothnan.co.uk

Statistics

54 cultivars
54 taxa

Best time to view

Jan-Apr.

Opening Times

By appt.

Entry

Charity weekend £10pp, private visits £65pp.

Directions

From Truro take the A390 to Tresillian. Follow signs to St Michael Penkivel, 4 miles from Tresillian.

• Disabled access
• Dogs Permitted On Leads
• WC
• Light Refreshments
• Mail order
• Parking
• Plant sales
• Talks