Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Open Gardens scheme is once again offering the chance to explore some of the county’s most stunning gardens with a new season featuring established favourites and others opening for the first time.

The Open Gardens event raises funds for the Trust’s conservation work protecting Cornwall’s wildlife and wild places.

The gardens range from grand affairs to smaller more intimate green spaces, but they all have the common theme of providing a haven for Cornish wildlife.

The 2016 Open Gardens scheme raised a record breaking £12,400.

Gardens opening this year on Sundays from 2pm to 5pm include, on May 7, Coldrenick House, at Menheniot, a historic garden that dates back to the mid-18th century and includes a walled garden, Victorian shrubbery, meadowland, and a bluebell wood. Magnolias, camellias and bamboos all do well and there is a beautiful wooded area to take a stroll around. 

On June 18, Lethytep at Lanreath is open from 11am to 4.30pm. This 5- acre garden is a giant playground for Cornish wildlife with woodland, meadows, lakes and ponds. Lethytep is particularly renowned for butterflies, dragonflies and wild flowers. 

For further details of other gardens please visit cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/opengardens