Gardens to visit in Cornwall

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Here are some links to gardens to visit, either locally or whist on holiday in Cornwall. The sites we list include other sites recommending gardens as well as individual gardens.

The gardens listed include gardens which have limited access for people to visit, as well as other gardens open to the public all the year round - so check the opening times of particular gardens before going.

General Open Garden sites

British Red Cross Open Gardens programme offers a rare opportunity to explore the secrets of some hidden and private gardens not usually open to the public.

English Heritage - Lists The English Heritage gardens and properties open to The public.

Garden History and Garden Tours - International guide to gardens to visit - includes large number of UK gardens.

National Gardens Scheme - The Charity behind The Yellow Book of gardens open to The public. Often small and usual gardens open just one or two days a year. The site includes The GardenFinder database for finding gardens to visit.

National Trust - Lists The gardens and property owned by The National Trust in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Gardens to visit in Cornwall

Caerhays Castle and Gardens

location: Caerhays, Gorran, St Austell, PL26 6LY

- The 100 acre garden at Caerhays contains a combination of both spectacular spring displays of enormous tree magnolias rhododendrons and camellias as well as a huge range of rare woodland trees and shrubs originating primarily from China.

Eden Project

location: Bodelva, St Austell, PL24 2SG

- is nestled in a huge crater. Here, massive Biomes housing the largest rainforest in captivity, stunning plants, exhibitions and stories serve as a backdrop to our striking contemporary gardens, summer concerts and exciting year -round family events.

Hidden Valley Gardens

location: Treesmill, (nr Par), PL24 2TU

- an intimate award -winning three acre garden and specialist plant nursery, nestled in a secluded hidden valley.

Lost Gardens of Heligan

location: Pentewan. St.Austell, PL26 6E

- 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, the former seat of the Tremayne family is now the site of the largest garden restoration in Europe.

Trebah

location: Mawnan Smith, Nr Falmouth, TR11 5JZ

- a spectacular 26 acre Cornish ravine garden, rated among the 80 finest gardens in the world. This sub -tropical paradise is home to a unique collection of rare and exotic plants, trees and shrubs winding down to a private and secluded beach on the Helfor