Gardens in Cornwall


Gardens in Cornwall are listed below. Cornwall is a very special and separate part of Britain since it was isolated from the mainland by the River Tamar. Consequently it retains much of its Celtic character, in fact the name Cornwall comes from the Saxon Cornovii and Wealas meaning Welsh of... read more

Map Search


Antony

Antony

Torpoint, Cornwall  
Antony house and gardens, an example of one of Cornwalls´ finest early 18th century houses, faced in lustrous silvery-grey Pentewan stone, offset by colonnaded wings of... more


Bonython Estate Gardens

Bonython Estate Gardens

Bonython Estate, Cury Cross Lanes, Helston, Cornwall  
Bonython Estate Gardens has a modern and exotic horticultural twist, since new South African owners who took over in 1999, they have brought Bonython to the... more


Bosvigo

Bosvigo

Bosvigo Lane, Truro, Cornwall  
Bosvigo is not a typical Cornish garden. Mainly herbaceous garden, at its best from June onwards. A series of walled or enclosed `rooms´ surround the mellow... more


Caerhays Castle Gardens

Caerhays Castle Gardens

Gorran, St Austell, Cornwall  
Caerhays Gardens was originally planted out in the early 1900s with mainly rhododendrons. Since then other plants have been introduced such as magnolias and camellias. This... more


Cotehele

Cotehele

St Dominick, Saltash, Cornwall  
Cotehele is a 19 acre large mature garden in two separate parts. The upper gardens surrounding the 16th century house contain a daffodil meadow, a formally... more


Glendurgan

Glendurgan

Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall  
Glendurgan is a valley garden of great beauty created in the 1820s and developed over many years by the Fox family. Running down to the tiny... more


Heligan - The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Heligan - The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Pentewan, St Austell, Cornwall  
The Lost Gardens of Heligan provides a spectacular array of garden and wildlife interests. The celebrated restoration of Heligan´s productive walled gardens is only one of... more


Lamorran House

Lamorran House

Upper Castle Road, St Mawes, Cornwall  
The gardens at Lamorran House were originally laid out in the 1980s by the present owners. With a large collection of palms and rare tree ferns,... more


Lanhydrock

Lanhydrock

Bodmin, Cornwall  
Lanhydrock garden overlooks the valley of the River Fowey. Set on a hillside facing north-east above the house and park with bold, formal, Victorian lawns, lines... more


Mount Edgcumbe House & Gardens

Mount Edgcumbe House & Gardens

Cremyll, Torpoint, Cornwall  
Mount Edgcumbe Gardens were created beside the Tudor House in the 18th century. Ancient and rare trees including a 400 year old lime, a splendid Lucombe... more


Pencarrow

Pencarrow

Washaway, Bodmin, Cornwall  
Pencarrow has 50 acres of gardens include the Italian Gardens, lovely lawns with magnificent specimen trees, woodland walks and lots of flowering plants and shrubs. In... more


Pine Lodge Gardens & Nursery

Pine Lodge Gardens & Nursery

Holmbush, St Austell, Cornwall  
The 30 acre Pine Lodge Gardens & Nursery, comprises gardens within a garden, which hold a wide range of some 6000 plants, all of which are... more


Prideaux Place Garden

Prideaux Place Garden

Padstow, Cornwall  
Prideaux Place, situated above the port of Padstow, has been the home of the Prideaux-Brune family for over 400 years. A massive restoration of the grounds... more


Trebah Garden

Trebah Garden

Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall  
Trebah Garden is a 25 acre sub-tropical ravine garden, falling 200 feet from the 18th century house to a private beach on the Helford River. A... more


Trelissick Garden

Trelissick Garden

Feock, Truro, Cornwall  
The tranquil Trelissick Garden originally planted in 1937, contains a superb collection of tender and exotic plants. Beautifully positioned at the head of the Fal estuary,... more


Trengwainton Garden

Trengwainton Garden

Madron, Penzance, Cornwall  
The sheltered 20th century Trengwainton Garden has an abundance of exotic trees and shrubs. Intimate and closely linked to the picturesque stream running through its valley,... more


Trerice

Trerice

Kestle Mill, Newquay, Cornwall  
Trerice is a small rather formal garden, at its best in summer. Some unusual, rare plants, climbers, perennials and an orchard with old varieties of fruit... more


Tresco Abbey

Tresco Abbey

Isles of Scilly, Cornwall  
Tresco Abbey Gardens defies all the preconceptions regarding what can and cannot be grown in rain-soaked, frost-cursed Britain. A perennial Kew without the glass hosting 20,000... more


Trevarno Gardens & National Museum of Gardening

Trevarno Gardens & National Museum of Gardening

Trevarno Manor, Crowntown, Helston, Cornwall  
Trevarno Gardens & National Museum of Gardening, dates back to 1246 and has only been open to the public on a daily basis since 1998. A... more


Trewithen

Trewithen

Grampound Road, Truro, Cornwall  
Trewithen Gardens, created and extensified by George Johnstone in the first fifty years of the last century, are outstanding and internationally famous. The great glade on... more