Trebah
Trebah is a sub-tropical garden in Cornwall . The park is located at the mouth of the Helford River about eight kilometers southwest of the city of Falmouth . Its area is approximately 11 hectares (26 acres ). The Cornish name of the garden means The House on the Bay .
The garden
Like the immediately neighboring Glendurgan, Trebah is a Cornish canyon garden, that is, it lies between steep hills in a narrow gorge that extends to the banks of the Helford River . The gorge is traversed by a small watercourse that forms a pond just before the beach . The park paths stretch along the walls of the gorge, with lush vegetation growing between them . Thanks to the mild climate created by the Gulf Stream , it is possible to cultivate a number of subtropical plants all year round in the open air in Trebah in addition to native species . In Trebah u. a. Bamboo , yuccas , gunneras , agaves and tree fern and - more natural for southern Cornwall - rhododendrons . In May and June, Trebah glows in all the colors of the rhododendron blossoms.
Views from Trebah
View of Trebah
View of Trebah
View of Trebah
View of Trebah
Bamboo grove
Gunnera jungle
Gunnera, about 2 m high
Rhododendron hedge
history
The property was first mentioned in a document in 1086 as the property of the Bishop of Exeter , and for a long time it was owned by Cornish lords . The Fox family , who also laid out the neighboring Glendurgan garden, acquired Trebah in 1831. Charles Fox designed Trebah as a pleasure garden, meticulously determining the position of each individual tree. In 1907 Trebah changed hands again, the Hext family acquired and expanded the garden. After Alice Hext's death in 1939, the entire Trebah Estate was parceled out and sold. The plot of land with the house and pleasure garden changed hands several times in the following decades, but since the funds to maintain the complex were lacking, the garden became overgrown and deteriorated.
In 1981 Tony and Eira Hibbert bought the house and garden as a retirement home. Instead of enjoying a quiet retirement, they let themselves be persuaded to restore the once famous garden. The project, initially planned for three years, turned into twenty-two years by 2003, but the garden is still not completely restored. In 1987 the garden was opened to the public and by 2000 the number of visitors rose to 105,000. In order to preserve the garden for future generations, the Hibberts transferred the property to the specially founded non-profit Trebah Garden Trust , which today manages and maintains the complex.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '24.4 " N , 5 ° 7' 17.1" W.