Redgate Smithy B&B
~ The Garden ~

Guests are welcome to use the conservatory and main patio at any time, and to explore round our lovely woodland garden. All the paths lead to other secluded seating areas in the garden, and from the top patio up by the greenhouse there are views out across open fields towards our local village of St.Cleer. On a quiet summer's evening, you can here the church bells in St.Cleer, or listen to the buzzards mewing as they soar overhead. Whatever the season, the garden is continually changing; through the colours of Spring, the lazy days of Summer, the greens and browns of Autumn, and through to the hibernating and chilly days of Winter, preparing for the next new Spring.

We also have a quite unusual tree! It is a Crinodendron, or "Lantern Tree", and try as we might, we can't find any others in any Nurseries or Garden Centres hereabouts - but there are several growing in Redgate! It has also been referred to as an "Old Fashioned" Tulip Tree, but the flowers hang down on this tree, whereas the usual Tulip Tree flowers point upwards. It looks like a Fuchsia but it isn't, because the flowers do not have the longer stamens of the Fuchsia, and it also flowers at a different time of year.