The UK’s Only Outdoor Jungle - The Amazing Lost Gardens of Heligan

The Lost Gardens of Heligan: One of the best Cornwall days out.
If you are exploring Cornwall and looking for the best places to visit in Cornwall, then the Lost Gardens of Heligan may be one of the cornwall day trips for you and is one of the top things to do in Cornwall.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan are located near Mevagissey in Cornwall and are one of the top Cornwall days out. The gardens are considered to be amongst the most popular in the UK. They are typical of the 19th century Gardenesque style with areas of different character and in different design styles.
The gardens were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family from the mid-18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, and still form part of the family's Heligan estate. The Lost Gardens were neglected after the First World War and restored only in the 1990s, a restoration that was the subject of several popular television programmes and books.
The gardens include aged and colossal rhododendrons and camellias, a series of lakes fed by a ram pump over 100 years old, highly productive flower and vegetable gardens, an Italian garden, and a wild area filled with subtropical tree ferns called "The Jungle". The gardens also have Europe's only remaining pineapple pit, warmed by rotting manure, and two figures made from rocks and plants known as the Mud Maid and the Giant's Head.
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[@thewayfarerswalk]

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.

[@greatnorthernexotic]

Love this place - one of the main inspirations behind me starting my own jungle garden!

[@thewayfarerswalk]

Thank you for watching and commenting. I was very impressed with Heligan too and will be going back in the summer to see it at its best. Enjoy your gardening :)

[@woowoo7520]

Thank you for uploading. Nice gardens.

[@PeterSmith-ud9tt]

Enjoyed it!

[@thewayfarerswalk]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@DavidHolmes-px5jl]

Thank you

[@thewayfarerswalk]

You're welcome

[@RobertCrawford-gz4dq]

Interesting Video

[@thewayfarerswalk]

Thanks for watching

[@RobSalt-uv9uf]

Enjoyed it

[@thewayfarerswalk]

Thank you.

[@Tracy01-n6w]

These are beautiful gardens. Our family have visited here a couple of times during different seasons and we are never disappointed with our visits. Great video that really shows some of the beauty of this place. We are hoping to visit this spring/ summer to see the gardens in full bloom.

[@thewayfarerswalk]

Thank you. Glad you liked the video :}

[@maureentaphouse5206]

@@thewayfarerswalk will you be doing one when all the rhodes and camellias are in bloom?

[@thewayfarerswalk]

@@maureentaphouse5206 Well is is on our list of places to go back and see again, perhaps next year. We will obviously film it when we do. Thank you for watching Maureen.

[@marjoleincrevels9120]

Www have been in Helligan 3 times ones in 1993 they had parking for 12 cars nobody nows it yet😮😂It was rely beutiful The second time was in 1997 parking for 50 cars Stil wonderful with beutiful walks the fern walk i never saw ferns this high 😮The last time we visited Heligan was in 2019 2 football fields ful of cars 😢 Stil beutiful The walled garden en the bridge But i think this was the last time for us we visited the garden i like to remember it when it was opend in 1994 thank you for the great memories

[@thewayfarerswalk]

Thank you for sharing your experience about how Heligan has developed over the years. We really enjoyed our visit when we filmed. I am sure we will go back again as it is an amazing place. Thank you for watching Marjolein and for sharing your insight with our viewers.

[@plymbt]

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[@thewayfarerswalk]

Thanks for watching!

[@TonyField]

Cracking video . Give you a real in-depth look around the jungle area . What time of year was this .?

[@thewayfarerswalk]

Thank you so much for watching Tony! I'm glad you enjoyed the video which we filmed in the spring. We are working on a new video of Trebah Gardens in Cornwall - they were very impressive!

[@TonyField]

Oh brilliant . Loved it . I've not been for a 5 years . We love Trebah gardens too . I'll look forward to that