A travel guide to Cornwall, England, highlighting attractions, history, and visitor information.
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Trewithen Garden, Cornwall A travel guide to Cornwall, England, highlighting attractions, history, and visitor information. |
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 Trewithen House and GardensTrewithen means "house of the trees" and the description describes perfectly this attractive Georgian house set amidst enjoyable woodland gardens and parkland. The house at Trewithen was begun in 1730 by Philip Hawkins, though the impressive south front is a product of 1763. The interior boasts a series of family rooms filled with furniture and paintings collected by the Hawkins family over generations. THE GARDENS The new owner launched a major replanting scheme which saw a multitude of shrubs added to the woodland landscape. He planted a fringe border to the expanse of lawn south of the house. From the lawn, paths lead through 30 acres of woodland via trails lined with camelias, rhododendrons, magnolias, maples, and many rare trees and shrubs found very seldom in Britain. This planted woodland area has been called one of England's finest examples of landscape gardening. Formal gardens near the house balance these woodland paths, with a Walled Garden housing tender plants. Trewithen has even created its own namesake plant, the Trewithen Blue, or Ceanothus arboreus.
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