Easter wanderings.

The front of Trelissick House.

We followed a glorious Easter Church service with a visit to Trelissick gardens, our local National Trust House. The sun shone, the day was warm and the tourists were out in force. We had a delicious lunch in the Barn restaurant and then rolled the wheelchair around the part of the garden that is accessible.
Did my camera come too?
Sadly, no.
So any photos are from the NT website.
But this is exactly how we found the gardens, bathed in sunshine, glowing with colour.

Bluebells misted the paths, with wild garlic and primroses amongst them. Little paths seem to lead off into secret woodland areas.

At this time of year everyone goes to Trelissick to see the giant Rhododendrons, and the Azaleas.

We wandered down this very path, stopping to feel the Azalea petals which looked just like tissue paper.

I think some of the Rhododendrons must be many years old. The Copeland family brought some plants from Bodnant Gardens in the 1930s when the gardens were remodelled. Sadly one of the largest  ones with spectacular scarlet flowers fell last Autumn in one of the storms.

We have such a wonderful place to visit, and the best thing is that it is only a couple of miles from our home.
We have been NT members for over thirty years, keeping on our membership through the years that we were living in France, simply because we believe it is good to support the care of so many national treasures.