Trengwainton Garden

Trengwainton Gardens
General information
Type	Country House (private) and National Trust Garden
Location	Madron, Cornwall
Town or city	Penzance
Country	England
Coordinates	50.1285°N 5.5745°W / 50.1285; -5.5745

Trengwainton is a garden situated in Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK, which has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1961. The garden is noted for its collection of exotic trees and shrubs and offers views over Mount's Bay and The Lizard.

A dwelling has been on the site since at least the 16th century and the estate was, in 1814, bought by Rose Price the son of a Jamaican sugar plantation owner. Trengwainton was sold following the loss of income resulting in the 1833 Emancipation Act which freed slaves on the family’s Worthy Estate in Jamaica. In 1867 the property was bought by T S Bolitho whose family still live in Trengwainton House. Rose Price planted trees and built the walled gardens, which are said to be based on the dimensions of Noah’s Ark and in 1925 Sir Edward Bolitho and his head gardener Alfred Creek continued the developement of the garden. They were opened to the public, for the first time, in 1931. The Victoria Medal of Honour for Horticulture was awarded to Sir Edward in 1961 and in the same year he donated 98 acres to the National Trust.

Further reading

Trengwainton Garden, Cornwall. The National Trust. 2003. 
Trengwainton (National Trust Guidebooks). The HIstory Press Ltd. 1999. ISBN 9781843590767. 

External links

• Media related to Trengwainton Garden at Wikimedia Commons
• Trengwainton Garden visitor information at the National Trust