Snowdrop Time at Cambo
Some of the specialist snowdrops are in bloom late September, early October, and the singles and doubles begin to show their heads from late December, but the display for which Cambo is so famous does not really come into its own until mid February - everything dependent on the weather of course and each year we alternate between the anguish that they might be out and over too soon, or that they are not going to be through in time.
However every year they do us proud and seem to be even more splendid than the year before.
The main drive at Cambo is over half a mile long and the woodland on either side gives visitors their first taste of the profusion of snowdrops, snowflakes and aconites that carpet the 70 acres of woodland walks which follow the Cambo burn to the sea.
At each turn of the path another incredible vista of snowdrops opens up and returning on the other side of the burn offers even greater scope for enjoyment.
Visitors can also enjoy the specialist snowdrops in the woodland garden beside the potting shed as well as having the chance to see Catherine's newest treasures which she keeps in her own garden and which is not normally open.
In addition to snowdrops there is an increasing variety of hellebores, dwarf narcissus, scillas, chionodoxa and early flowering shrubs to be enjoyed.
Snowdrop Gift Shop
We have had a great deal of fun stocking our Snowdrop Gift Shop with interesting cards and merchandise relating either to snowdrops or to our pigs, which are almost as big an attraction during the snowdrop season as the snowdrops themselves.
Sourced as far as possible from local craftspeople many of our goods and cards are exclusive to Cambo Snowdrops and much of the stock can also be viewed on and purchased from our online Gift Shop.
Our most recent exciting development with the shop is the introduction of a line of merchandise based on the beautiful botancial illustrations of E A Bowles (1865-1954), revered plantsman, artist and foremost expert on bulbous plants. The originals are in the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Lindley Library in London and they have granted us a licence to reproduce some of his beautiful snowdrops.
We currently have a series of cards, a padblock and a beautiful tea towel. Other projects are in the pipeline.
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