Cotehele’s- Creating The Garland.

Every year Cotehele’s gardeners build a 60-foot garland from thousands of flowers grown on the estate. A tradition since 1956, the garland adorns the Great Hall throughout Christmas. The number of flowers varies each year depending on the growing season.

Preparations for the garland began in January when the flower seeds are sown in the Cut Flower Garden. Our team of garden volunteers and staff then start picking flowers from late April which are then dried over the summer and autumn before the garland is put together over two weeks in November.

Building of the pittosporum base starts outside on Monday 9 November from 10.30am-4pm,
Work then moves inside the hall from Tuesday 10 – Thursday 19 November, 10.30am-4pm,
See the garland completed in all its glory within the Hall, as well as the Kitchen, Breakfast Room and Victorian Library decorated for Christmas daily from Saturday 21 November  – Tuesday 5 January, 10.30am-4pm. (Closed 25-26 December).