Antony’s beautiful setting is a Repton landscape with formal gardens near the house, and green vistas to the tidal river Lynher edged by the informal tranquil Antony Woodland Garden. Walking around this “undiscovered” Cornish garden has been described as visiting “Camellia Heaven”.

The Woodland Garden consists of the older “Wilderness”, with plantings of camellias, rhododendrons, magnolias and other ornamental trees and shrubs, and “Westdown” – a sheltered valley where massed camellias, planted since 1940, provide a dark glossy under-storey from which “torches” of Asiatic magnolias rise – their falling tepals mixing with the colourful camellias beneath.

Sir Richard Carew Pole says – “Each generation has loved the place – I see one’s job as handing it down to the next generation looking even better than when it was handed down to me.”

Incidentally, if you are a gardening club or a group of individuals keen to arrange a guided tour, Antony Woodland Garden would be delighted to host your visit.

Please contact Richard, the head gardener, via email, [email protected], with details of your group, numbers, suggested dates, any special interests. Please include your contact telephone number and he will call to discuss details, price and timings, for example a specialist evening tour after normal closing hours.

In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the Garden office, [email protected] or telephone 01752 815303.

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