Gardens of Cornwall

 

This page provides information about some of the gardens you can visit in Cornwall, it also contains links to garden websites.


Bosvigo - 3 acres of gardens and has sales of often rare and hard to find herbaceous plants.

Address: Bosvigo House, Bosvigo Lane, Truro, Cornwall, England, TR1 3NH
Opening times:
Thursdays and Fridays, March - end of September 11-6pm
http://www.bosvigo.com/

Marsh Villa Gardens - part of the NGS Gardens Open For Charity.  This three-acre garden features a large pond, streams, bog garden. Extensive herbaceous beds, mixed borders, woodland and marshland walks in a former estuary, Home-made teas.

Address: Marsh Villa Gardens, Par, Cornwall
Opening times:
Suns to Weds Apr to Oct 11-6pm - Admission £3, children free.

Pine Lodge Gardens & Nursery - 30-acre estate comprises gardens within a garden. Some 6,000 plants, all labelled, have been thoughtfully laid out using original designs and colour combinations to provide maximum interest. Rhododendrons, magnolias, camellias, herbaceous borders with many rare and tender plants, marsh gardens, tranquil fish ponds, lake with black swans within the park, pinetum. Japanese garden and arboretum. Holder of National Collection of Grevilleas. 'Western Morning News' 2004. Light refreshments and Teas

Address: Holmbush, St Austell
Opening times:
Open daily 1 Mar to 31 Oct 10-6pm Admission £5, child £3
www.pine-lodge.co.uk

Creed House - 5-acre landscaped Georgian rectory garden; tranquil rural setting; spacious lawns. Tree collection; rhododendrons; sunken cobbled yard and formal walled herbaceous garden. Trickle stream to ponds and bog. Natural woodland walk. Restoration began 1974 -continues and includes recent planting.

Address: Creed near Grampound
Opening times: Open daily Mar to Oct 10-5 Admission £3, children free

GlenDurgan - This National Trust garden has a walled garden; laurel maze; giant's stride, valley with specimen trees, bluebells and primulas running down to Durgan fishing village on R Helford. Featured on BBC Gardeners World, June 2004. Light Refreshments and Teas.

Address: Mawnan Smith
Opening times:
Tues - Sat 12 Feb to 29 Oct. Closed Good Friday Admission £4.50, children £2.20

Headland - 1¼ acre cliff garden with magnificent sea, coastal and estuary views on 3 sides. Planted to withstand salty gales yet include subtropical plants with intimate places to sit and savour the views. Paths wind through the garden past rocky outcrops down to a secluded swimming cove. Featured in 'The Garden' RHS 2003. Cream Teas

Address: "Headland", 3 Battery Lane, Polruan by Fowey, Cornwall
Tip - Take the ferry from Mevagissey to Fowey then the 10 minute trip from Fowey to Polruan.
Opening times:
May 4 until August 31st 11-6pm
Admission £2.50, children £1
www.headlandgarden.co.uk 

Lost Gardens of Heligan - The award winning Lost Gardens of Heligan extend to some eighty acres of superb pleasure grounds together with a magnificent complex of walled gardens and a huge, productive vegetable garden, all fast returning to their former glory. Lying at the heart of one of the most mysterious estates in England, Heligan, the former seat of the Tremayne family, is now the site of the largest garden restoration in Europe.

Address: The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Pentewan, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 6EN
Opening times: Main Season (March to October inclusive) - 10:00 to 18:00hrs, last tickets at 16:30hrs.  Winter Season (November to February inclusive) - 10:00 to 17:00hrs, last tickets at 15:30hrs.
http://www.heligan.com/home/home.html

Trelissisk - The Trelissick estate stands at the head of the estuary of the River Fal. Here a great stretch of deep water runs far inland with smaller creeks and inlets branching off on either side. Wooded slopes lead down to the water with oaks and beeches overhanging the mudflats of the tidal creeks.

Address: Trelissick Garden, Feock, nr Truro, Cornwall, TR3 6QL
Opening times: February - October 10:30am - 5:30pm, November - January 11:00am - 4:00pm
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-trelissickgarden/

Trebah - Trebah is a spectacular 25 acre ravine garden that falls 200 feet to a private beach on the River Helford.  The sub-tropical garden is now 150 years old and leads from an 18th century house down a steep, wooded valley to a sheltered cove.

Address: Trebah Garden Trust, Mawnan Smith, nr Falmouth, TR11 5JZ
Opening times: Open every day 10.30am – 5.00pm (last admission), with the garden closing at 6.30pm.  During the winter season last admission is at dusk.
http://www.trebahgarden.co.uk/

The Japanese Garden and Bonsai Nursery - The nursery holds some twenty thousand trees plus; including a wide selection of indoor and outdoor varieties, a substantial number of trees [various sizes/ages] ready for styling, and a good selection of Specimens, some of which are placed amongst the general stock whilst others are housed apart in a special display.

Address: St Mawgan, Nr Newquay, Cornwall TR8 4ET 
Opening times: Open all year seven days a week 10am to 6pm (5.30pm winter)
http://www.angelfire.com/wv/thebonsainursery/index.html

 

Links to more gardens and gardening websites

Gardens in Cornwall - http://www.gardensincornwall.co.uk/index.php

Great British Gardens - http://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/gardens%20in%20cornwall.htm

Caerhays Castle - http://www.caerhays.co.uk/

Great Gardens of Cornwall - http://www.greatgardensofcornwall.co.uk/

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park - http://www.mountedgcumbe.gov.uk/

St Michael's Mount - http://www.stmichaelsmount.co.uk/

Pencarrow House and Gardens - http://www.pencarrow.co.uk/homepage.asp

   

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