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Lost Gardens of Heligan

Tregiskey, Cornwall

Heligan, Pentewan, St Austell PL26 6EN

Daily 10am-6pm (5pm winter)

paid

About Lost Gardens of Heligan

Neglected for seventy years while their gardeners fought in the First World War, the Heligan gardens were rediscovered and painstakingly restored in the 1990s by Tim Smit — who went on to build the Eden Project nearby. The productive gardens, subtropical ravine and the famous Mud Maid sculpture have captured the imagination of visitors worldwide, but the atmosphere of gentle melancholy is the gardens' greatest achievement.
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