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There’s lots to enjoy in the outdoors at Cotehele this season as the garden is full of spring colour, with magnolias, tulips, rhododendrons and camellias joining later-flowering daffodils to lift the mood and energise the spirit. Spring highlights at Cotehele

We’re running the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at Cotehele daily until 13 April, so families can help Bunny find noisy creatures to make music with in Nature’s Band over the bank holiday weekend or on a quieter day! We’ll have a new Notice Nature drawing trail and family activities in May half-term as well.

After exploring outdoors why not refuel in the Edgcumbe tea-room or Barn restaurant? Both are open daily, 10am-5pm and well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome to join you. And don’t forget to pop into the new Bull Pen Gallery by Cotehele’s shop and plant centre, where you’ll find art and crafts by local makers and can even meet the artists at events through the year.

See our website for more info on Cotehele and these and other events: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cotehele TIDE AND TIME AT COTEHELE Daily until 25 October, 11am-4pm Discover items from the collections in Cotehele house which have transatlantic connections, as part of our local commemorations of the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. Normal admissions apply.

CADBURY EASTER EGG HUNT AT COTEHELE Saturday 28 March – Sunday 13 April, 10am-4pm Join Bunny as he looks around Cotehele garden to find friends to make music with in Nature’s Band, and enjoy a Cadbury chocolate prize at the end. £2 per trail, usual admission applies. GUIDED WALK IN THE COTEHELE COUNTRYSIDE Wednesday 13 May, 10.30am-12.30pm Explore the Cotehele countryside on a circular walk in the estate taking in the sights and stories with our wonderful volunteer Jane. Meet at the Information Point on the quay. Free GET PLANTING AT COTEHELE Monday 25- Friday 29 May, 11am-3pm Have fun as a family making plant pots and planting seeds to take home. Free activity, normal admissions apply.

Breathfuls of fresh air

made at Cotehele

Visit Cotehele this spring for the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt, colourful flowers, birdsong and half term fun.

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A carpet of flowers, newborn lambs and walks in the countryside; where better to enjoy a day out than at Buckland Abbey? This Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt is back, and the bunny has hidden lots of giant eggs around the estate to find. Pick up your shopping list from Visitor Welcome, head out on a walk and tick off all the fruits and vegetables that were once grown by the Medieval monks. These are the weird and wonderful plants that people in Medieval and Tudor times once believed existed – such as the lamb tree.

Come and see the new Richard Grenville exhibition in the abbey, launching in May half-term and running until October. The exhibition will look at Grenville’s life at Buckland and the radical transformation from abbey to stately home. But there will also be a chance to learn more about the voyage to West Coast America, and the Devon place names which inspired town names in America. The display will also look at early colonialization in the US and the impact that this had on the local people. CADBURY EASTER EGG HUNT Saturday 28th March to Monday 13th April, 10:00-4:00pm The bunny has hidden lots of giant eggs around the estate. Find them all and receive a chocolate prize at the end. £2 per NATIONAL TRUST

egg hunt, normal admission applies, members free. EASTER MUMMERS’ PLAY Sunday 5th April, see website for times Come and watch a traditional Mummers’ play which includes lots of dancing, dressing up and a play with a silly plot. Great for families of all ages. NEWBORN LAMBS EVENT Sunday 19th April, 12:00-15:00pm Meet our tenant farmer as he introduces you to his new flock of baby lambs, watch the bottle-feeding sessions in the Great Barn and get to know more about farming at Buckland. RICHARD GRENVILLE - EXPLORATION TO COLONIZATION Daily, May half-term to Sun 4th Oct, 11am-4.30pm Discover Grenville’s voyage to the West Coast of America. Find out about his life at Buckland and its radical transformation from monastic abbey to stately home. Collect the Explorers Family Trail booklet from Visitor Welcome and learn about life at sea as a Tudor explorer.

Step into Spring

at Buckland Abbey

Open Daily from 10:00-16:30pm

A carpet of flowers, newborn lambs and walks in the countryside; where better to enjoy a day out than at Buckland Abbey this Spring?