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Owner: Heligan Gardens Ltd Address: Pentewan St Austell Postcode: PL26 6EN County: Cornwall tel: 01726 845100 fax: 01726 845101 website: www.heligan.com email: info //at// heligan.com English Heritage Grade: II Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.heligan.com Every Day (except Christmas Eve and Day; Main season 1st April - 30th Sept: 10.00am - 6.00pm (last tickets 4.30pm) Winter Season 1st Oct - 31st March: 10.00am - 5.00pm (last tickets 3.30pm); (excluding 24th/ 25th December) Adverse weather conditions may restrict access or opening times for safety reasons. Best Times of Year to Visit: All year around. To see: Heligan is an all-season garden. National Collection: Camellias and rhododendrons introduced to Heligan pre-1920. National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Pre-booked coaches and groups, contact for details Admission Prices: Adult £10; Child (over 5) £6; Over 60s £9; Family £27 for 2 adults and up to 3 children, Annual membership for member + guest £40p/a. Group rates: Adult £8; Child (over 5) £6; Over 60s £7 Group with guided tour: Adult £9; Child (over 5) £6; Over 60s £8 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Licensed Restaurant. Dogs are only admitted between Oct - Mar, except Guide Dogs which are welcome all year. Silver Award for "Cafe of the year" Features: Victorian Productive Gardens including Vegetable Garden, Melon Yard and walled Flower Garden. Pleasure Grounds including, Sundial Garden, the Ravine, the Northern Summerhouse, the Italian Garden, New Zealand Garden and Flora's Green. Sub-tropical Jungle, ancient woodlands, Lost Valley and a pioneering Wildlife Project. Designer: Henry Tremayne & the Tremayne family Description of Garden: The world famous garden restoration is now complemented by a new pioneering wildlife conservation project, centred out in Heligan's Wider Estate. In excess of 200 acres of working Victorian gardens and pleasure grounds together with a magnificent complex of walled gardens including - pineapple pits, melon, citrus, peach and vine houses; Two acre productive Kitchen Garden; Crystal Grotto, Italian Garden, Sundial Garden, New Zealand Garden, Alpine Ravine, Bee Boles and Summerhouse Garden; 30-acre "Lost Valley", a natural woodland setting rich in wild flowers, ferns and ancient trees, where the lakeside air is frequently heavy with the scent of charcoal burning; 22-acre subtropical "jungle" valley where a boardwalk meanders past four pools, through the largest collection of Tasmanian tree ferns in Britain, exotic plants, giant trees and over sixty varieties of bamboo.Pioneering Wildlife Project offers an intimate view of native fauna. History: It was Henry Hawkins Tremayne (squire 1766-1829), father of Grace Tremayne, who created the shape of the gardens as we see them today. This happy man was a curate in Lostwithiel and unexpectedly inherited the estate. Within a fairly short time a cousin died leaving him the Croan estate near Wadebridge and in 1809 the Devon branch died out leaving him the Sydenham estates. He hired Thomas Gray to draw up a plan of the garden (pre 1810) which shows it almost exactly as it is now. Henry Hawkins was responsible for planting the major shelter belts. Having established the shape of the garden it was left to the three succeeding generations, who according to F. Hamilton Davey were noted horticulturalists, to build up the plant collections. Tim Smit masterminded its restoration in recent years. Local Inns: Crown Inn at St Ewe Accomodation: Narg at Carne Beach Lodge at Carlyon Bay Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: Mevagissey & Gorran Haven