Cotehele Daffodil Festival
Cotehele Daffodil Festival
This weekend sees the return of the Cotehele Daffodil Festival, an annual celebration of dazzling daffodils in the Tamar Valley, running from 15-18 March. The Daffodil Festival offers a chance for garden lovers and families to see National Trust Cotehele’s collection of more than 300 varieties of historic daffodils, including 200-year-old heirloom varieties. Every year, the gardens and estate bursts into colour, signalling the arrival of spring and the start of a very special season. This year, Cotehele’s gardeners are marking the occasion with a new take on their handcrafted daffodil display at house, as well as an impressive horticultural display showcasing Cotehele’s blooms.
Furthermore, Cotehele’s gardeners and rangers have now completed planting 1000 ‘White Lion’ daffodils, to join the 5000 ‘Fortune’ daffodils in rows in the Millennium Orchard on the banks of the River Tamar, which can be seen to advantage when driving into Cotehele from St Dominick. This sunny display pays homage to the region’s rich market gardening heritage.
Cotehele House will also be arrayed in splendour, with daffodil arrangements around the striking manor, built in the Tudor period. There will also be a slate trail highlighting heritage varieties around the garden, family activities and an opportunity to take a closer look at individual flowers in the East Range lobby of the house. The Cotehele Daffodil Festival runs from 15-18 March, 10am – 5pm. Normal admission applies. The festival falls on National Lottery open week, where lottery players can visit Cotehele and other participating places for free with a valid lottery ticket or scratch card and under 18s can accompany a lottery ticket holder for free.
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