Media / Press
Tregothnan in the Media: a glimpse of 2009 - 2012
Tea
November 2011, Western Morning News:
Read about our twinning with Darjeeling and facts which explore why we are ‘twins but worlds apart’
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November 2011, The Times:
Our Cornish tea plantation bags a link-up with Darjeeling…
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November 2011, Western Morning News:
Read about our record tea crop and why it is still being picked in November
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November 2011, Family Magazine:
Five-page article in a Japanese publication, focusing on our botanical gardens, Smugglers Cottage at Tolverne, and of course our famous English tea…
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November 2011, Daily Express:
Our tea growers raise a cup to bumper crop thanks to the mild weather…
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May 2011, The Independent:
A Tea Miracle
Read the article about Tregothnan tea at The Independent online...
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February 2010, The English Garden:
Focusing on the eats and treats of the largest private botanical garden in the UK…
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November 2009, NFU Countryside:
Four-page article about the working estate’s botanical collection and home-grown products including our tea, Kea plum jam, and Manuka honey…
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September 2009, English Teatime:
Japanese publication, containing an interview with our commercial and garden director Jonathon Jones…
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July 2009, Financial Times:
Read the article about people abandoning pricey coffees and buying more green and herbal teas for their alleged health benefits…
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July 2009, BBC Radio 4:
On the Farm
Elinor Goodman is shocked to find tea growing, not in Kenya or India, but in Cornwall. Listen to the broadcast….
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November 2008, The Telegraph:
Read about the collection of ancient camellias, curated by a Japanese monk, that thrives at Tregothnan estate…
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September 2008, The Guardian:
Read about Matthew Fort visiting our trailblazing tea plantation on his tour of Britain…
Garden / Estate
December 2011, The Daily Telegraph:
Coverage on our ‘Christmas Canoe Cruise’ - the quickest way to deliver our colossal Christmas tree
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December 2011, Western Morning News:
Front page image and story of our 25 foot Christmas tree traveling across the River Fal to ‘herald yuletide arrival’
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December 2011, West Briton:
Click here to find out about Tregothnan’s new General Manager
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December 2011, Cornish Guardian:
Explore our Christmas tree forest experience here
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December 2011, West Briton:
Read how our paddle power did the trick with our Christmas tree
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December 2011, West Briton:
Click here to see our whopping 40 foot Christmas tree, possible 'the tallest tree in Cornwall'
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July 2009, County to Sea:
From dinosaur trees to honey bees, Sarah Lillicrap explores the estate’s innovative ventures…
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April 2009, Weekend Telegraph:
Read about Cornwall in spring and the Tregothnan garden…
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March 2009, The Telegraph:
Read about the recession being a new beginning for gardeners, and our own views…
Honey
May 2011, Flavour Magazine:
Exploration of Tregothnan’s botanical garden and why Manuka honey is classed as 'liquid gold'…
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January 2010, Meditrax:
A study of how the medical world is changing the way it looks at this special honey sourced exclusively in the UK by Tregothnan...
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June 2009, The Telegraph:
Read about the popularity of our 113g Manuka honey pots…
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June 2009, BBC News:
“Cornish Manuka bees create a buzz”
Read about the first month of our honey production and how our bees create…
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June 2009, The Daily Mail:
Read about the pampered bees making Britain’s rarest, and priciest, honey…
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May 2009, The Independent:
Article discussing our honey’s anti-bacterial properties and potency to heal wounds and treat stomach ulcers…
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April 2009, The Guardian:
Read more here about the sweetest cure for hay fever…
Smugglers
December 2011, Good Cornwall Guide:
Read the review to see why Smugglers is such a fabulous place to take your Nan for lunch
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October 2011, Red Online:
Click here to see why Smugglers has been voted one of the six best Tea Rooms in the UK
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June 2009, Fine Food Magazine:
Coverage on Mark Demarquette’s “quintessentially-English” Tregothnan chocolates with rare flavours such as Kea plum jam, Cornish honey, and Earl Grey…
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February 2009, Inside Cornwall:
A look at the finest handmade Cornish chocolates…
TV Coverage
December 2011, BBC Spotlight:
Watch our Christmas tree arriving to Trelissick Gardens by a canoe raft
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November 2011, Westcountry Tonight:
Click here to take a look at our bumper Cornish tea crop in such mild winter weather
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October 2011, BBC’s All Roads Leads Home:
Sue Perkins, Stephen Mangan and Alison Steadman find themselves chatting to Mr Boscawen at the Tregothnan estate, whilst tracing Bodmin Moor to Cape Cornwall via Natural Navigation...
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February 2011, UKTV’s Made in Britain:
If you were to throw out everything in your home that wasn't made in Britain, what would be left? Dom Joly decides to try the theory out...
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August 2010, New Zealand News:
Live broadcast based on our very own Manuka honey…
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July 2010, BBC’s Countryfile:
A sneak-peak at our wonderful estate full of exciting orchards and plantations of tea, Kea plum jam, honey, and herbal infusions including our Nettle, Echinacea, and Eucalyptus plants…
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2010, BBC Breakfast:
Two separate explorations of our products: our cream teas, and our very own English cuppa…
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December 2009, BBC’s The One Show:
Watch the footage of Carol Thatcher visiting our unique tea plantation here….
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October 2009, BBC’s Hairy Bikers:
Two of the friendliest motorbike riders you could ever meet visit Tregothnan to enjoy a tea sampling session with Jonathon Jones our commercial and garden director…
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August 2009, BBC’s Grow your own drugs:
James Wong visits Tregothnan to see the tea plantation & use the pepper-leaf we grow.
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June 2009, BBC’s Inside Out:
Watch the documentary on the initial creation of our English tea…
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2009 – 11, Pirate FM and Atlantic FM:
Local radio coverage on our annual charity garden weekend…
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2009 – 11, BBC Gardener’s World and BBC Spotlight:
Numerous visits to Tregothnan estate, with an in-depth look at our glorious gardens throughout the seasons…
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August 2008, BBC News:
“Estate tea brews up foreign sales”
Video footage and article about our exports to China, India and Japan…
Soon to be in the press…
January 2012, BBC’s Three Hungry Boys:
On the Tregothnan Estate, episodes 6 – 9
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April 2012, Olive Magazine:
In-depth article on Kea plum jam
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April 2012, Sainsbury’s Magazine:
Smugglers Cottage review
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May 2012, Arte TV:
Tea discussion on the Franco-German network