Yahoo News Cotehele National Trust estate turned into a winter wonderland with huge flower garland
A National Trust property has unveiled its annual Christmas garland - 60ft long and made from 30,000 dried flowers. The floral display at Cotehele in Cornwall has been put up every year since 1956.
The magnificent creation is the culmination of the growing year and is a much-loved tradition that’s been celebrated in the Great Hall for decades.
The Garland is 60-feet long and features 30,000 flowers all grown and dried on the estate over a period of 10 months. At 19 stone in weight, it takes 60 garden staff and volunteers 12 days to assemble.
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This year is extra special, with it being Head Gardener Dave Bouch’s 20th garland. Dave joined a much smaller team as Head Gardener in 2004 and has developed the annual garland into a beloved Christmas tradition.
He said: "A garland has always featured at Cotehele since the first was created in 1956. Since then more and more flowers kept being added to the design each year.
"This year we’re taking this opportunity to step back and reflect on how this tradition started by recreating an early photograph of the garland. From a time when it was a more modest design and inspired by the decorative greenery and kissing boughs that the Tudors brought into their homes in the winter."
You can see the 2024 garland in the Great Hall at Cotehele until January 5, 2025.
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