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Historic Gardens

Fancy a bit of history with your horticulture? Cornwall’s gardens boast a wealth of history dating as far back as the Iron Age. Discover a fascinating landscape of grand estates, castle gardens and grounds, manor houses, all teaming with green-fingered tales of yesteryear.

  • Enys Garden

    Enys Garden, nr Penryn, Cornwall

    Location: Penryn

    Come and explore the rare and historic treasures of one the oldest gardens in Cornwall. Tucked away...

  • Cotehele

    Cotehele House and Garden, St. Dominick nr Saltash

    Location: Saltash

    Squirreled away in a steep, sheltered valley on the west bank of the River Tamar, this sprawling...

  • Trewithen Gardens

    Trewithen Garden, Grampound Road, Cornwall

    Location: Grampound Road

    Explore under the lush canopies of woodland and discover the horticultural secrets of one of the...

  • Lost Gardens of Heligan

    Lost Gardens of Heligan, Pentewan, St Austell

    Location: Pentewan

    This mysterious estate offers over 200 acres for exploration. Victorian productive gardens and...

  • Antony House and Garden

    Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall

    Location: Torpoint

    Overlooking the beautiful tidal Lynher River this grand 18th-century mansion is nestled in parkland...

  • Bosahan Garden

    Bosahan, Manaccan, Helston

    Location: Helston

    Close to the Helford River, Bosahan serves-up horticultural bliss with a breathtaking view to the...

  • Tresco Abbey Garden

    Tresco Abbey Gardens, The Isles of Scilly

    Location: Tresco

    Venture a stone's throw beyond the tip of the mainland and experience what is perhaps the UK's most...

  • Carwinion Garden

    Carwinion Garden, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall

    Location: Falmouth

    Twelve-acres of wild Victorian gardens nestled in the Helford Valley, Carwinion is home to one of...

  • Ince Castle Gardens

    Ince Castle Gardens, Saltash, Cornwall

    Location: Saltash

    From a striking location at the end of the peninsula overlooking the River Lynher, these gardens...

  • Caerhays Castle Gardens

    Caerhays Castle Gardens, Caerhays, Gorran

    Location: Gorran

    Nestled in a secluded valley above Porthluney Cove, this 100-acres of woodland gardens is one of...

  • Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park

    Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park, Cremyll

    Location: Torpoint

    Restored Tudor mansion house, past home of Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. French, Italian and English...

  • Tregrehan

    Tregrehan, Par, Cornwall

    Location: Par

    Large woodland garden created over the last 200 years, forming an exotic green gene bank of known...

  • Prideaux Place

    Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornwall

    Location: Padstow

    Prideaux Place is one of the very brightest jewels in Cornwall's crown; one of the West Country's...

  • Boconnoc

    Boconnoc, Lostwithiel, Cornwall

    Location: Lostwithiel

    In this late C18th English picturesque landscape, the Gardens, Boconnoc House, the Georgian Bath...

  • Trerice Manor House

    Trerice, Newquay, Cornwall

    Location: Kestle Mill

    Experience the hidden delights of this secluded valley garden surrounding a grand Elizabethan manor...

  • Trengwainton Garden

    Trengwainton Garden, Penzance, Cornwall

    Location: Penzance

    Experience stunning views and an abundance of exotic trees and shrubs in a garden cradled just...

  • Trebah Garden

    Trebah Garden

    Location: Mawnan Smith

    Trebah is a uniquely beautiful, wooded 25 acre sub-tropical ravine garden with its own beach on the...

  • Penjerrick Garden

    Penjerrick garden, near Falmouth

    Location: Near Falmouth

    Spring flowering garden with camellias, rhododendrons, tree ferns, trees and ponds. Very tranquil,...

  • Longcross Victorian Garden

    Longcross Victorian Garden, Port Isaac

    Location: PORT ISAAC

    Beautiful and idyllic restored Victorian Gardens in a maze-like layout with water and granite...

  • Lanhydrock House and Garden

    Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall

    Location: Bodmin

    One of the most beautiful National Trust properties in Cornwall, Lanhydrock House and gardens are a...

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