Botanical delights
Cornwall has so many beautiful and magical gardens you could visit a different one each day of your holiday. Wander beneath towering tree ferns and reflect on a climate which enables traditional English plants and fantastic sub-tropical specimens to grow side by side.
One attraction you really shouldn't miss is the famous Eden Project near St Austell, where giant biomes re-create botanical environments from all over the world.
Gardens to visit include Heligan, the Abbey Garden on Tresco, Trebah, Trelissick, Trelowarren...
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One of the great sub-tropical gardens of the south-west on the Helford Estuary.
Tel: 01326 250906
26-acre Cornish ravine garden, rated among the 80 finest gardens in the world.
Tel: 01326 250448
Wide-ranging collection covering several disciplines including Archaeology, Costume and Textiles, Decorative Arts, Fine Art, Photography and Social and Local History.
Tel: 01726 883647
80 acres of superb grounds with a complex of walled gardens and a huge, productive vegetable garden. Set in one of the most mysterious estates in England, Heligan.