Antony Woodland Garden
Garden Overview
Antony’s beautiful setting is a Repton landscape with formal gardens near the house, 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.
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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."
Our Camellias
Antony contains the ever expanding NCCPG "National Collection of Camellia japonica".
Every plant, including over 2,400 camellias, is recorded on our plant database with detailed descriptions including accession number, source, planting dates and individual photographs. The position of each plant is mapped.
Specialist guided walks are provided on request.
From spring 2025 on we aim to have an annual 'Camellia Day'.
Contact Details
Antony Woodland Garden
Carew Pole Garden Trust, Ferry Lane, Torpoint, Cornwall, UK, PL11 2QA
Tel: 01752 815303
Visitor information
Opening Times
February 15th - October 31st
10.30am – 5pm
Tues, Weds, Thur, Sat & Sun
Bank Holiday Mondays &
Good Friday
Single Ticket - £9
Single Season Ticket - £25
Family Season Ticket - £40 (gives unlimited entrance while the garden is open for two adults and up to two children under 16)
Children under 16 free
Best Time to Visit
March and May
Facilities
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