Tilley's Tearoom opening at Trewartha

This month the Garden Club at Trewartha, the award-winning home in Carbis Bay, celebrated the Grand Opening of Tilley’s Tearoom.

The team at Trewartha have reopened their garden summer house as a tearoom in honour of one of the residents, Herbert Tilley, who liked to be called Rex. It was created as a space for families to spend quality time together; it is a welcoming and colourful room to relax in.

Rex, who sadly passed away earlier this year, had been a resident at Trewartha since February 2010. He was a lovely, kind gentleman who was well loved by the staff. Trewartha would like Rex and his wife Betty Tilley to be remembered.

Betty has been very supportive over the years and is still involved with Trewartha, so the staff felt that naming the tearoom after them would be a good way to say thank you for all she has done and for their wonderful time together. Betty was invited in to cut the ribbon and open the tearoom officially, at the Grand Opening, where the gardening group invited relatives and staff to join the celebrations.

Julia Tyldesley (Cornwall Care’s Manager at Trewartha) opened the afternoon with a beautiful speech, presenting bouquets of flowers to Di Webber and Wendy Mears of the Garden Club, thanking them for their hard work, and Geraldine Lavery (Board of Directors) and Dawn Matthews-Smith (Director of Operations) for attending.

“Di and Wendy have helped make the garden look so beautiful again. This year the gardening club has been a huge success with flowers, fruit and vegetables in abundance. It has been a joy for our residents to get outside, get their hands dirty and feel included," said Natalie Hudson, Cornwall Care’s Deputy Manager at Trewartha

The Garden Club and residents have also produced some delicious jams and cakes this year, which they are selling to raise money for future gardening projects.

It was an emotional opening, especially when Betty was presented her flowers, and a truly lovely afternoon. Lots of people turned out to support the team and residents, enjoying the delicious homemade cakes and tea in the tearoom, celebrating the moment together in their sun hats and paying their respects to the dearly departed Rex Tilley.

“It’s a day which I shall never forget and one which I shall always remember with great pride and love. I’m sure Rex was watching from above and feeling very proud too," said Betty Tilley in her thank you letter to Trewartha.

Everyone at Trewartha House is overjoyed with the new tearoom and they are delighted that Betty was happy and that the opening went well. It was a really lovely day for everyone involved and they're pleased to say that the tearoom is already one of their most popular spots for families to spend time together.

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