Guests were invited inside the walled garden of Penrose for a party as part of the National Trust’s Coast Festival.

Stalls, cakes and storytelling were set-up, served and delivered, while visitors mingled among the many spring flowers out in full bloom. A total of £500 was raised during the day, which National Trust ranger, Mike Hardy, said will go towards coastal conservation and visitor access around Penrose.

“It was great," he said. "We had around 300 people coming along and enjoy the gardens. Penrose garden is a really beautiful place. It is a great space for events, and at the moment all the bluebells are out so it is a great place for people to relax.”

The garden party is one of a whole line-up of nature based events taking place this summer, and for the rest of the year for that matter, as the National Trust is running its year-long Coast Festival in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Enterprise Neptune.

Set up in 1965, and named after the Roman God of the Sea, Enterprise Neptune was founded as the fundraising driving force for coastline protection in the UK. Since being in existence, Project Neptune has raised more than £65million nationally, for the trust, which has brought more strips of coastline to look after.

Most of money has been raised by donation at events like the Penrose Garden party. Mike said: “Thanks to all the support from the people coming along to help raise the £500 that will be spent on Coastal Conservation at Penrose Gardens."

More information about events put on as part of the National Trust’s Coast festival visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/swcoast