A bit of a drive, but this is something I've wanted to see ever since the BBC-series was on swedish telly.
15th century the family Tremayne buys an estate in south Cornwall. Up until beginning of 20th century they, over a number of generations, built an almost completely self sustaining household.
Come 1914 and outbreak of WW I. Most of the workforce, at that time some 25 people, get drafted and ships to France. One third of them never gets back home again. The Tremaynes get other priorities during the depression and the gardens fall into neglect.
At the beginning of the 1990-ies the most recent decendant of the family, together with a friend, grabs machetes to start exploring his newly inherited property. There had just been a great storm in the area and something had to be done about all the trees that had fallen.
What they found turned out to be the remains of one of the premier Edwardian gardens of all England. Among other things a famed "jungle" having plants from all over the world, flower gardens, bee boles, vegetable gardens, melon yard and any number of rare plants. Also, none of the buildings are newly built. It was all there, only overgrown to the extent of not being visible anymore.
Still owned by the Tremaynes, it is nowadays taken care of by a trust, being restored to it's former glory and all done by hand "in the spirit of the original garderners". Enjoy!
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| The sundial garden |
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| The rope bridge in the "jungle" |
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| Some vegetables |
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| Flower garden |
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| More flowers and melon greenhouse |
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| Pond in the jungle |
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| Artwork |
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| Someone's watching you! |
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| Ssschh... |
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| Hobbits anyone? |
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| Stylish bbq house |
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