Trengwainton Garden

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To avoid disappointment please book your visit to Trengwainton in advance, especially at busier times such as weekends and bank holidays. If you do not book we cannot guarantee admission.

Sheltered garden bursting with exotic trees and shrubs

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More about this place

Adults and two children taking an autumn walk amongst the trees

Which places are open and what you need to know before you visit 

More than 100 gardens and parks and hundreds of coast and countryside places are open in England and Northern Ireland. Many historic houses are open in England. To avoid disappointment please book in advance, especially at weekends and school holidays. In line with Welsh Government legislation, all places in Wales will close from 24 October to 9 November. Please check the property webpage of the place you wish to visit before you travel. Read this article to find out how to book and what to expect from your visit.

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What's on 

Please book ahead before visiting 

The garden at Trengwainton is open. We've introduced advance booking to keep everyone safe and maintain social distancing. To avoid disappointment please book in advance, especially at busier times such as weekends and bank holidays. However, where space is available on weekdays, pre-booking may not always be necessary. 

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Upcoming events

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Timed entry to Trengwainton Garden (19 Oct - 25 Oct)

Sun 25 Oct 2020
10:00-10:30
Book your timed entry to visit Trengwainton Garden.

Timed entry to Trengwainton Garden (26 Oct - 1 Nov)

Mon 26 Oct 2020
10:00-10:30
Book your timed entry to visit Trengwainton Garden.
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Things to see and do

The Silent Space sign at the Terrace, Trengwainton

Silent Spaces 

We're delighted to join the national Silent Space project by setting aside two areas of the garden for quiet contemplation.

Small dog sitting between two people

Dogs on leads are welcome 

The garden’s a great place to spend time with friends – including the four-legged kind.

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Eating

Child drinking tea

An inspiring place to eat

The tea-room at Trengwainton is a concession run by Nicola Osborne and her team. Set outside the pay barrier in its own walled garden, it’s won numerous awards for the quality of the food and service.

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Our work

Bee on borage flower at Trengwainton Garden, Cornwall

Helping bees 

With a crisis threatening bees worldwide, find out what we’re doing at Trengwainton to help this vital pollinator.

Gardeners in early 1900s at Trengwainton Garden, Cornwall

Helping us find out more about Trengwainton’s heritage 

Through a special three year project, we asked you to share your connection with Trengwainton.

Lab setting of the micropropagation unit at Duchy College

Helping to save special plants 

An infectious disease is threatening some of our most beautiful specimens and it’s taking skill and team effort to overcome it.

Details of three portraits

Addressing our histories of colonialism and historic slavery 

Trengwainton Garden, along with a number of other places and collections in our care, deals with contentious political histories. Learn more about what we are doing to be inclusive in our work and acknowledge the impact and legacies of colonialism.

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History

Overview of the Walled Kitchen Garden at Trengwainton, Cornwall

Sir Rose Price, Trengwainton and Jamaica 

Before Trengwainton came into the ownership of the Bolitho family in 1867, it was owned by Rose Price, a Cornish magistrate and descendant of a Cornish-Jamaican plantation-owning family. Learn more about the early history of Trengwainton and the owner responsible for its transformation from a modest farmhouse to a landed estate.

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