Tea in Isolation
This week has felt like a lifetime. Only essential workers are here now to tend the tea and look after the living collection. Everyone else is working from home. Parcels…
Export is GREAT
The GREAT export campaign has announced Tregothnan as official export champion. Although Tregothnan itself cannot be imitated there are lots of lessons that Tregothnan learned and is happy to share…
£50,000 donated to charity from the UK’s largest garden open weekend
Our sights were set on a new world record for the open garden weekend on 21st and 22nd April this year. In 2017 we set the bar high by…
Open Garden Weekend 2018 | In support of the Merlin MS Centre
This April on the 21st and 22nd of April we will host the UK’s largest charity Garden Weekend in aid of The Merlin MS Centre, St. Austell – Cornwall’s only…
Tregothnan is recognised as a Centrica Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer
We are delighted to announce that we have been recognised in the prestigious Centrica Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer list. The list is compiled annually by the National Apprenticeship Service and…
Cornish Lithium signs deal with Tregothnan
We can now announce an historic agreement with Cornish Lithium to explore for and develop lithium in hot spring brines. Tregothnan’s china clay, tin and copper mining history can be…
Record-breaking success at the UK’s largest garden open weekend
A year in preparation, last weekend saw our most successful Charity Garden Open Weekend yet, with over 5,000 people from all over the UK flocking to visit Tregothnan’s beautiful, botanical gardens and…
The Cornwall Garden Society Spring Flower Show
Today we are excited to be entering the Cornwall Garden Society’s Spring Flower Show 2017 at the beautiful Boconnoc Estate near Lostwithiel. The largest flower show yet, the Cornwall Garden Society’s…
See what St. Petroc’s Society do for homelessness
Homelessness isn’t something that springs to mind when you think of Cornwall, however with high house prices, seasonal employment and lower wages the need for homeless charities is growing…
St. Petroc’s Society and Tregothnan team up to tackle homelessness
St Petroc’s Society and Tregothnan Estate are teaming up to tackle homelessness together this Spring at Tregothnan’s charity open garden weekend. The usually private Tregothnan garden opens to the public…
Camellia Maze redesigned by landscaping deer
Our world record-breaking Camellia maze has been given a facelift this month by the local deer inhabiting the Tregothnan deer park. These creative mammals have reportedly rerouted the puzzling pathway…
Tregothnan’s Apprenticeship Scheme Opens 2017 Applications
Following our successful apprenticeship programme in 2015 and 2016, we are delighted to be offering places for the third year in a row. Tregothnan are looking to expand on their…