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Cornwall - Places of Interest
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Chyverton Garden
Zelah, Nr Truro, Cornwall TR4 9HD
Tel: 01872 540324 Fax: 01872 540648
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The core of the house at Chyverton
was built in 1730 and in 1770 two wings were added by John Thomas, a wealthy
mine owner. Over the next 55 years he created a Georgian landscape garden on the
property: he dammed a small stream to form a lake, built a bridge and a walled
garden and planted 94 acres of woodland.
The first rhododendrons, for which Chyverton Garden
is renowned, were planted in 1890; most of them are the old
hybrid Cornish Red and many are of an immense
size, perhaps the largest in cultivation in
Europe. The garden also has notable magnolias and camellias and a fine collection of conifers.
In 1924 the estate changed hands for the first
time and became the home of Treve and Muriel Holman, keen gardeners who added
many exotic plants brought back from plant hunting trips to the Far East and who created
a woodland garden.
The whole garden is looked after by their son Nigel, who has encouraged the wild
and natural appearance that is such a feature.
Some of the plants are named after Treve Holman
and Nigel's late wife Elisabeth, and in the
memorial garden is a wooden bridge designed by
Nigel that commemorates the death of Treve in 1959.
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