National Trust - Trengwainton Garden Reviews Summary

Gardens and Plant Varieties

Pros:

• "Beautiful Gardens, lots of meandering paths and variety of plants."
• "Lots of great activities for kids this summer, mine especially loved the den building."
• "Absolutely loved these Gardens, a lot smaller for those less able-bodied."
• "Wonderful garden with lots of plants of all types and sizes."
• "A well kept kitchen garden plus nice gardens along an inclined driveway."
• "Some really unusual species of tree ferns that are absolutely monstrous!"
• "Definitely worth a visit on a clear day, many interesting plants, with several old and relatively rare trees."
• "Amazing curated garden by the National Trust with huge variety of plants to explore."

Cons:

• "Garden was pretty ordinary for Cornwall. Yes, lots of Tree Ferns & Hydrangeas but hardly worth getting excited about."
• "Cafe was good but the garden was disappointing with too few varieties of flowers."
• "Dark, too much talk tree cover too allow much sun on the garden, poorly upkept."
• "Unfortunately rather boring in early July with little colour or species variety except on the main drive."
• "Gardens lovely but Staff at cafe very rude towards customers when only ordering a hot drink."
• "Absolutely gutted went there with the family food use to be lovely took over a 30 mins to get our order."

Family and Pet Friendliness

Pros:

• "It's a nice place to spend some time with family. We really like the Orchard area."
• "Lots of great activities for kids this summer, mine especially loved the den building."
• "Lovely gardens that are dog friendly (on a lead of course), with shop, old books shop and tea room."
• "Oh my word, what a gem of a place! Fab staff walks views and cakes, and puppy friendly too."
• "Very good for our dog too with drinking bowls around and the staff were all very friendly and helpful."
• "A lovely peaceful place with wonderful woodland walks... Well worth a visit at anytime."
• "A lovely garden with lots of family activities laid on for the school holidays. Archery in particular was fab."
• "Beautiful gardens. Lovely food in the cafe attached to the garden. You can come out of the garden, visit the cafe and return."

Cons:

• "So plus is lovely garden and views and dog friendly, downside is cost, no family tickets and was just over £43 for 2 adults and 2 kids."
• "Kids were bored within 15 minutes so didn't stay very long. Headed to the beach which was free and kept them entertained."
• "The only dissapointment was that some of the activities were too busy and not spread out enough around the grounds."
• "The toffee apple making was a huge disappointment for my boys queued for ages to then be told they had run out of toffee."

Cafe and Food Options

Pros:

• "And of course the National Trust tea shop is as excellent as usual!"
• "Reasonably priced cafe with plenty of options."
• "Go there every Sunday with the dogs. Have a good walk and then coffee with a freshly baked, warm cheese scone."
• "We visited the cafe which was light and airy with plenty of seating inside and out."
• "Wonderful weather, wonderful flora. We had a lovely couple of hours strolling around followed by a drink and sandwich."
• "Lovely little second hand book shop on site and we made a delicious crumble with apples from the gardens."
• "All the nice things everyone has said about the gardens but just to add that the cafe is deserving of special praise."
• "Great morning out, met the senior Gardener, super lovely girl, lots of knowledge and very helpful, had a great chat."

Cons:

• "Café ok, but not much food to choose from."
• "Lovely gardens but very poor food. Ploughman’s just had cheap ingredients, sliced tasteless bread, gherkins, celery and a bit of grated cheese."
• "The only negative was a stickiness of the inside tables which is possibly due to over zealous cleaning, but warrants investigation."
• "Tea room was chaotic; it was the first day open this season but at noon there was no queue. Problem with the card machine."
• "Didn't do the garden just the cafe, nice place friendly staff just a bit disappointed that every salad came with beetroot which I was not aware of!"
• "Sadly, having recently visited what you as a wonderful all-homemade exceptional cafe, I was dismayed to discover that the cafe has returned to the National Trust standard cafe."