Trebah

 The initial view of Trebah

Trebah is a 26-acre sub-tropical garden, near Glendurgan Garden (see separate post) and above the Helford River. The Helford River is a large estuary which nestles snugly between the western edge of Falmouth Bay and eastern side of the Lizard Peninsula. Once you enter the garden you see the mansion house ...

... and a sloping site which descends to sea level on two distinct paths, right hand and left hand. We decided that the right hand path was the more appealing and off we set quickly being overtaken by dense exotic foliage ...

... such as these delightful Tree Ferns.

As you go further downhill the left hand path comes into view with an extremely rich gathering of XX flowers.

At the bottom there is a lake with Koi Carp and a pretty bridge across the narrow end of the lake.

You leave the bottom of the site to visit the small but attractive beach and to take refreshments. Then back into the site to this time follow the opposite path, now on your right. Now it possible to see the XX flowers in all their glory.

It remained only to amble back uphill to the inevitable plant shop.