The Duchy of Cornwall Nursery is a place to enjoy some relaxation time, and enjoy the stunning plants (both indoors and outdoors), whilst perusing the home furnishings and local food. There are always events happening here, from woodland feasts and flower workshops to yoga and bumblebee garden walks. If you’re in the area and need something to eat, or find yourself visiting the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery to learn about nature, then you’ll want to stop by the cafe or orangery.
For breakfast, enjoy the full plate of local sausage and smoked bacon, baked beans, fried or poached organic eggs, Portobello mushroom, herb roasted tomato and local hog’s pudding, with your choice of white or granary toast. The eggy bread comes with smoked streaky bacon, pure Canadian maple syrup and a Duchy fried egg or strawberry rhubarb sauce and Cornish clotted cream.
Lunch is served from 12 noon each day and begins with BBQ pork shoulder paired with Cornish gouda and spring onion, twice baked potato, seeded slaw and BBQ sauce, and a woodsman’s lunch with farm pork sausage roll and baked ham, a boiled Duchy egg, beetroot pickled onions and 60 month aged cheddar, and the smoked mackerel croque monsieur with a horseradish a dill toastie, beetroot pickled onions Madame and a Duchy fried egg. On the side, there are options of Duchy rosemary and wild garlic buttered focaccia, sauteed mixed vegetables and skin on fries.
For dessert, enjoy the local rhubarb parfait with a toasted pistachio cake and white chocolate mousse, the black forest truffle with Duchy spring water and truffled dark chocolate and a cherry brandy compote, and the chocolate and salted peanut sundae made with clotted cream vanilla ice cream, a chocolate brownie, salted caramel sauce and roasted peanuts. For a lighter finish, enjoy a selection of the day's cheese with apple chutney, celery, grapes and crisp bread, or the Moormaid ice cream and sorbets.