The borders have been an key feature of Trelissick garden since the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Back then the borders were linear, fairly thin and full of spring flowering shrubs such as azaleas. Much has changed much over the years, now we use the borders to enhance the gardens, extend the season of interest and provide summer and autumn colour. Very deep, richly planted borders sweep around the large, luxuriant main lawn. Here you'll find a mix of trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, evergreens and bulbs
Maintaining these borders is exceptionally labour-intensive. They demand work all year round, from mulching late winter and early spring, to weeding, dead-heading, cutting back, dividing, moving, planting… they are a constant work in progress.