*Please note, all gardens may currently require visits to be booked in advance

With the warmth of the Gulf Stream, the gardens of Cornwall are home to a wealth of the most exciting, rare and beautiful plants and trees in the British Isles.  There are many varied and magical gardens to visit and these are just a few local suggestions.


Lost Gardens of Heligan
Pentewan Saint Austell, PL26 6EN
01726 845100

www.heligan.com
Heligan, seat of the Tremayne family for more than 400 years, is one of the most mysterious estates in England and at the end of the 19th Century, its thousand acres were at their most magnificent.  However decades of neglect took their toll, and in 1990 a project was established to bring these once glorious gardens back to life in every sense and to tell, for the first time, not tales of lords and ladies but of those “ordinary” people who had made these gardens great, before departing for the Great War.
Now in this steep-sided valley garden, you can get lost in the luxurious planting, including a banana plantation and the largest collection of tree ferns in Europe.
Trelissick Garden
Feock, near TruroTR3 6QL01872 862090
www.nationaltrust.org.uk 		Trelissick Garden is a contemporary, tranquil and varied garden in a fabulous position, with a superb collection of tender and exotic plants created within shelter belts planted 200 years ago.  With the River Fal as a backdrop, there a variety of unusual shade and sun-loving plants to see, as well as riverside woodland walks.
You can catch the ferry from Truro, Falmouth or the Roseland Peninsula to land at this waterside garden and exotic wonderland. The woodland walks are perfect for dogs.
Bonython Estate Gardens
Cury Cross Lanes,
HelstonTR12 7BA01326 240550
www.bonythonmanor.co.uk 		Bonython Estate Gardens are situated on England’s southernmost Lizard Peninsula.  Remodelled in recent years, to include, a contemporary water feature behind the delightful Georgian Manor, an eighteenth century Walled Garden with colour-themed herbaceous borders, a traditional potager garden, an orchard of Cornish variety apple trees, and through parkland to a series of small lakes in a sheltered valley. 
Bonython Estate is a traditional, mixed agricultural Cornish estate with the 18th century Manor, farm and woodland stretching almost from one side of the peninsular (The Helford River) to the other (the beach at Poldhu Cove). Dogs welcome.

Trengwainton Garden
Madron, near Penzance TR20 8RZTelephone: 01736 363148
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Trengwainton Gardens are 25 acres of where the spirit of the Plant Hunters lives on in spring displays of magnolias, rhododendrons and camellias.  
With a walled kitchen garden, winding, wooded paths, and a stream this is a special garden in which to relax.
Trebah Garden
Mawnan Smith, Nr FalmouthTR11 5JZTelephone: 01326 252200
www.trebah.co.uk 		Trebah Garden is a hidden gem and one of our favourite places to visit. A sub-tropical paradise with a stunning coastal backdrop, it’s one of the Great Gardens of Cornwall and rated among the 80 finest gardens in the world. 
Trebah offers the visitor a year round experience. In early spring, it comes alive with a colourful array of 100-year-old rhododendrons, magnolias and camellias; in summer, the giant gunnera is a must see for young and old. In autumn, Hydrangea Valley casts clouds of china blue and soft white across Mallard Pond and in winter, the spectacular champion trees dominate the landscape and the Bamboozle looks striking. Excellent cafe, beautiful beach, dogs welcome.