Penjerrick Garden
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Penjerrick Garden, often referred to as "Cornwall's true jungle garden", lies between Budock Water
and Mawnan Smith
, near Falmouth
, United Kingdom
.
This peaceful 15 acres (60,702.9 m²), sub-tropical, spring-flowering garden has fascinating views of the sea and a considerable historical and botanical interest.
Penjerrick Garden was created 200 years ago by Robert Were Fox
F.R.S. and his children, Anna Maria, Barclay
and Caroline
(R. W. Fox's brother, Charles was responsible for the Garden at Trebah
and his brother, Alfred
, for the garden at Glendurgan).
They planted the upper garden with specimens collected abroad including rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, azaleas, tree ferns and bamboos. The garden is also the home of the Penjerrick and Barclayi hybrid rhododendrons. There is also a brain coral thought to have been introduced to Penjerrick by Captain FitzRoy
of the Beagle, which was Charles Darwin
's expedition ship.
The lower part of Penjerrick is a dense valley garden reached by a wooden bridge. In this wild, jungle-like setting are four ponds and countless tree ferns that date back almost to the original planting of the garden. The tranquil garden (now owned by Rachel Morin) is at its best in April and May.
Budock Water
Budock or Budock Water is a civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated two miles west of Falmouth....
and Mawnan Smith
Mawnan Smith
Mawnan Smith is a village in the civil parish of Mawnan in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles south of Falmouth.The parish church of St Mawnan & St Stephen is in Mawnan village...
, near Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
This peaceful 15 acres (60,702.9 m²), sub-tropical, spring-flowering garden has fascinating views of the sea and a considerable historical and botanical interest.
Penjerrick Garden was created 200 years ago by Robert Were Fox
Robert Were Fox the Younger
Robert Were Fox FRS was a British geologist, natural philosopher and inventor. He is known mainly for his work on the temperature of the earth and his construction of a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea....
F.R.S. and his children, Anna Maria, Barclay
Barclay Fox
Robert Barclay Fox was a businessman, gardener and diarist, a member of the influential Quaker Fox family of Falmouth.-Family relationships:...
and Caroline
Caroline Fox
Caroline Fox was an English diarist. She was the daughter of Robert Were Fox FRS of the influential Fox family of Falmouth, and was the younger sister of both Barclay Fox, also a diarist, and Anna Maria Fox....
(R. W. Fox's brother, Charles was responsible for the Garden at Trebah
Trebah
Trebah is a sub-tropical garden situated in Cornwall near Glendurgan Garden and above the Helford River .-History of Trebah:In 1831 Trebah was acquired by the Fox family who built Glendurgan Garden. Trebah was first laid out as a pleasure garden by Charles Fox, a Quaker polymath of enormous...
and his brother, Alfred
Alfred Fox
Alfred Fox, of Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, was owner and developer of Glendurgan Garden, now a National Trust property. He was a member of the Quaker Fox family of Falmouth.-Business interests:...
, for the garden at Glendurgan).
They planted the upper garden with specimens collected abroad including rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, azaleas, tree ferns and bamboos. The garden is also the home of the Penjerrick and Barclayi hybrid rhododendrons. There is also a brain coral thought to have been introduced to Penjerrick by Captain FitzRoy
Robert FitzRoy
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, and as a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality...
of the Beagle, which was Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
's expedition ship.
The lower part of Penjerrick is a dense valley garden reached by a wooden bridge. In this wild, jungle-like setting are four ponds and countless tree ferns that date back almost to the original planting of the garden. The tranquil garden (now owned by Rachel Morin) is at its best in April and May.
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