Gardens

THE EDEN PROJECT

Distance: 4.2miles

Our home in Cornwall used to be a barren landscape – a former clay mine with no soil or plants. We transformed this huge crater into a beautiful global garden, which sets the stage for an extraordinary day out where you’ll rediscover the natural world as you've never experienced it before.

Explore massive covered Biomes to trek through the world’s largest indoor rainforest and immerse yourself in the calm fragrance of the Mediterranean Biome. Enjoy extensive Outdoor Gardens, contemporary artworks, performance and storytelling. Discover places to rest, play and eat, and pick up inspiring ideas to take home on how to care for the planet that cares for you.

PINETUM GARDENS

Website: https://pinetumgardens.com

Distance: 4.5miles

In the heart of St Austell Bay, discover Pinetum Gardens, a garden oasis of tranquillity, peace and remarkable scenery. This family-owned garden offers an intimate experience with a personal touch, rarely found in our busy world.

Lovingly created over the past four decades, this 30-acre garden is home to one of the largest plant collections in the county. Set within stunning parkland, ten individually themed garden rooms host an array of plants. We are also home to some of the county’s most spectacular champion trees.

6,000 species of plant spread across vibrant themed gardens, plus wildlife, a nursery and tearooms. Dog friendly.

THE LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN

Website: www.heligan.com

Distance: 12.3miles

Heligan is one of the most mysterious estates in England. Lost to the brambles of time since the outbreak of WW1, this Sleeping Beauty was re-awakened in 1990 to become Europe’s largest garden restoration project.

At the end of the nineteenth century Heligan’s thousand acres were at their zenith, but only a few years later bramble and ivy were already drawing a green veil over this “Sleeping Beauty”. The outbreak of WW1 was the start of the estate’s demise as its workforce went off to fight in the trenches; many sadly never to return. Today Heligan’s 200 acres are a paradise for the explorer, wildlife, plant lover and garden romantic. A truly wonderful day out for the family including Dogs.