Cornwall, February 2023
Winter in the gardens of Cornwall is a time for slumber, as plants and trees lie nestled under the frost – and occasionally snow – as spring bulbs work their magic underneath the frozen soil and buds on the trees start to slowly peek out from the empty branches. But as the days become that little bit longer, and the sun shares her warmth the tell-tale signs of the changing seasons are quick to come to the fore. Springtime in Cornwall is heralded not only by the longer gentler days, but by the candy-coloured explosions of colour with the blooms of Magnolias across six of the champion trees of The Great Gardens of Cornwall bursting into life, known as ‘The Spring Story’.
The Great Gardens of Cornwall is a collection of 13 of the best-known, largest, most historically and horticulturally important gardens in Cornwall. Spread across Cornwall, from a tidal estuary on the River Tamar, to the tip of the Isles of Scilly, the 13 gardens include: Antony Woodland Gardens, Bonython Estate Gardens, Caerhays Castle Spring Gardens, the Eden Project, Lamorran Gardens, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Trebah Garden, Tregothnan, Tregrehan Garden, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Tresco Abbey Garden, Trewidden and Trewithen.