Enjoying the warmth of the gulf stream, these magical Cornish gardens are home to a wealth of the most exciting, rare and beautiful plants and trees in the British Isles. The creative genius of the early nineteenth-century Cornish garden owners with their hunger and passion for exotica, led them to sponsor the great Victorian plant hunting expeditions. The seeds and plants which they brought back from all over the world helped create these unique examples of wild and magnificent living theatre.

For more information or to order a free Cornwall gardens guide go to www.gardensofcornwall.com or tourism@cornwallenterprise.co.uk or (01872) 322900