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West Cornwall: Lamorran Garden
Posted Feb 23, 2004 - 04:54 PM
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 | A mediterranean four-acre hillside garden overlooking the sea and St. Antony's Head. The water gardens are a particular feature while palms and other sub-tropical plants abound...
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| Upper Castle Road St Mawes, Cornwall, TR2 5BZ | Telephone: 01326 270800 | Fax: 01326 270801 |
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The gardens at Lamorran House, as now laid out, were started when Mr and
Mrs Dudley-Cooke acquired the property in 1982. A large collection
of Rhododendrons and evergreen azaleas were brought from their former
garden and formed the basis for the early plantings.
Situated on the Roseland Peninsula with extensive views of St.Anthony's Head
and lighthouse, the garden enjoys a favoured microclimate in an already
favoured area, and frosts are very rare and not of any severity except
in a very exceptional year.
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the last 15 years, frost has only been recorded in the exceptionally
cold January 0f 1987, (lasting for four consecutive nights the lowest
temperature being -8c) and again in 1997 a moderate frost of -3c was
recorded on one night only. More damaging to the large range of sub-tropical
plants is the winter damp and, of course, because of the very close
proximity of the sea (the garden is virtually bordered on three sides
by the sea) the wind. The garden faces due south on a sloping hillside
and the use of extensive shelter belts of trees has greatly moderated
the influence of the wind, although careful choice of planting sites
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Growth in the garden is virtually twelve months of the year and advantage
has been taken of the benign climate to plant a very diverse range
of plants from all over the world with considerable emphasis on Southern
Hemisphere plants and sub-tropical vegetation.
The garden was conceived and designed as a whole albeit that the garden
was constructed in three separate stages.
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intention was to create an intimate garden very much in the mould of
mediterranean gardens but with water ever-present both as a backdrop
to the garden and with running water featured in the many pools and
streams. Many features are included to divide the garden into intimate
compartments - i gardini secreti - which the visitor can find and explore.
Hence there are areas of woodland, a water garden in Japanese style
as well as temples and archways in the steeper parts of the garden and
a small bridge on which to lean to look out over the bay exhibiting
a distinctively Venetian influence. |
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has been drawn by Robert Dudley-Cooke, for the design of the garden
from many quarters. Initially influenced by the Japanese style
of gardening, the design for the garden has intended Japanese
with and incorporated many features or ideas from the Mediterranean
gardens, particularly those laid out and planted by the English
around the turn of the century. |
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