Marvellous Minack

Yesterday I had to go down to the Minack Theatre to check it out as a location for a photoshoot. Now, I've been before and knew that it was very impressive, clinging to the cliff-egde, overlooking golden beaches and turquoise sea, what came as a surprise was the planting! The weather wasn't great with a sea mist cutting down the sun and the stunning views, however the planting made up for that creating a colourful, tropical feel that didn't need the sun.

The terraces dripped with Aeoniums with their fabulous whorls of leaves and their spires of yellow flowers, Agaves (which I noticed the snails love to congregate on), carpets of Ice plants or Delosperma with their daisy like flowers in muliple colours and great drifts of brightest orange Californian Poppies or Eschscholzia californica. Together with lots of other things, they created a riot of colours and shapes, just as impressive as the location and theatre itself.

   

The banks of Agapanthus were full of buds too, so the display will continue and change throughout the summer.

There was a rehearsal in progress for Noel Coward's Present Laughter which opens on 1 July and the performance season runs to the end of September. 
There are also tours dramatising the building and development of the theatre and events for families too.

The Minack is open to visitors all year, and if you gift aid your first admission you get to visit all year for free, a perfect way to check out the next phase of the planting. There's also a cafe and a small plant sales area, so you can take home a little bit of tropical planting for yourself - I'll be going back!

Here's a link - Minack Theatre