Cothele Christmas Garland

The Christmas garland that decorates the Hall at Cothele is famous and each year we go to see it.  This year the good weather meant they had more flowers to use in making the garland so it was larger than usual and they had decorated around one door in the same manner.  It was even more impressive than usual.

Our visit was further enhanced by there being a talk from one of the gardening staff about how the garland is made.  This was really interesting. It is amazing how much time is spent growing and preparing the flowers for the garland all through the year. We saw the rope that is at the base of the garland and she showed us how they attach bunches of pettisporan using wire and a long instrument (like used for rug making)

There was also a display showing the flowers that were in the garland.

As usual the walls of the Hall were decorated with beech twigs and the doors were framed with Christmas foliage and a fire was burning in the hearth.  It all made for a very attractive Christmas room.

Even outside the Hall there was colour brightening the day -  a border of irises.

After viewing the garland we had a quick look around the gardens where there was still some autumn colour, then walked down through the Valley Garden to the Chapel in the Wood and onto the Quay.  From there we walked up till nearly the mill before climbing up the hill back to the House.