We would like to acknowledge the photographic talents of the following people who have provided the majority of the Garden and House images on this website.

Carole Drake

Bill Norris

Roger Lane

You will now be able to come and have a bit of fun helping Ray Abraham, Minterne's Head Gardener.

Solve the Treasure Hunt Trail for Springtime, the Spy Mission Trail for Summertime and the final Murder Mystery Trail for Autumn Fall.

All three Trails can be done at anytime of the year. (click over each of the blue links for full details...)

The story so far:-
Wei Tad Pohl, the famous Chinese botanist has come to Minterne to retrieve some of the rare plants, some of which can only be found here at Minterne.

In Springtime Ray discovered that Wei had removed some of the plants from their natural habitat and hidden them somewhere in the garden. Does Ray find Wei's hiding place in our Treasure Hunt Trail?

In Summertime Wei has returned with a special plant zapping machine intent on transporting these rare plants back to his homeland. Help Ray to solve the clues to find the special detonation code in our Spy Mission Trail.

In Autumn Fall, Ray has had enough! Wei's lifeless green fingers are found peeping out from under the Acer beds, someone has bumped him off. Was it Ray or someone with even more to lose if Wei succeeded in his mission.

Solve the clues on our final Murder Mystery Trail to find out who did the deadly deed and how they did it.