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Isle of Scilly - Tresco Garden

Explore one of the most remarkable gardens in the world on your own. Tresco Garden consists of thousands of exotic plants from all over the world. Walk through this spectacular garden and smell the flowers!

  • See thousands of exotic plants
  • The Abbey garden is home to a collection of shipwrecked figureheads
  • Take a walk along the deserted beaches
  • Lots of historical forts and monuments to discover
Difficulty level
Suitable for most - Involves moderate physical activity on relatively level surfaces and gentle terrain.
Duration
0 Hour
£ 34

The Isles of Scilly are a sub-tropical haven for plants and wildlife. Augustus Smith created the stunning Tresco Abbey Gardens nearly 170 years ago around the remains of the 12th Century St Nicholas Priory. Succeeding generations of the Dorrien-Smith family and their gardeners have collected one of the most fascinating and varied botanical collection of plants from all around the world. On top of the garden you find hotter, drier terraces to suit Australian and South African plants, while the bottom terraces provide the humidity that favours flora from New Zealand and South America. The diversity of plant life to be found within the Abbey Garden is extraordinary. Fringing the lush grid of paths which criss-cross the gardens are a host of succulents, towering palm trees and giant, lipstick-red flame trees. Here you can find flowers of the King Protea and the handsome Lobster Claw. Walk amongst the great blue spires of Echium, brilliant Furcraea, Strelitzia and shocking-pink drifts of Pelargonium.

Art and shipwrecks

In addition to the extraordinary plant life, the Abbey Garden is also adorned with wonderful sculptures and mosaics. Over the years many ships and lives have been lost on the rocky coasts of the Scillies. Valhalla is a unique collection of figureheads, as well as name-boards and other decorative ships' carvings from these wrecks.

Difficulty level: 2
Language: English
Included: Entrance to Tresco Island and transfer
Walking information: Walking to Tresco Garden from the landing site is approx. 1.5 kilometres on an even path.

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