Report on visit to The Lodge, Fletchersbridge on Saturday 29th March 2025
We began our 2025 programme with a visit to The Lodge in the hamlet of Fletchersbridge. 14 of us spent a very enjoyable afternoon wandering around this impressive riverside garden, open for the NGS. Although a disappointingly grey day weatherwise, we admired a colourful array of trees, shrubs and spring bulbs providing a perfect frame for the house, a remodelled Gothic Lodge originally part of the Glynn estate. The camelias, magnolias and primroses throughout were particularly pretty, and provided a welcome promise of spring. We also loved the water garden with ponds, waterfalls, sculptures, and a resident colony of Canada Geese. The afternoon was rounded off in the usual way with tea and cake – care of the Friends of Bodmin Hospital.
Thank you to owners Tony and James (and the geese!) for sharing their lovely garden with us.
