Ray and Shirley Clemo’s 30-acre estate, in its mild climate of mid-Cornwall, comprises several themed gardens within Pine Lodge garden. There is a wide range of some 5500 plants, all of which are labelled. In addition to rhododendrons, magnolias and camellias, so familiar in Cornish gardens, there are Mediterranean and southern-hemisphere plants grown for all -year-round interest. Many planting schemes, renowned for their imaginative use of colour, ensure that you will enjoy the herbaceous borders, fernery, formal garden, woodland walk and shrubberies. Pine Lodge’s water features include; a large wild life pond, an ornamental pond with cascades (stocked with koi carp), a lake with an island (home to black swans and many waterfowl), a newt pond and marsh gardens. Trees are also a speciality with an acer glade, a collection of 80 different conifers in a four-acre pinetum, and an arboretum. A Japanese garden is currently in preparation and a wild flower meadow was established in 2000. Pine Lodge is the holder of the National Collection of Grevillea.