Photographs and article on the history of the gardens.

February 16th 1990 was a fateful day for Tim Smit. That was the day he and John Willis first explored the decades of tangled overgrowth and melancholic ruins that was then Heligan Gardens. As he says in his enthralling book "In Retrospect it was a day that was to change our lives". Brief description of the gardens and links.

a guide to gardens near Mevagissy in Cornwall, England from Cornwall Calling. Some photographs

Good introduction to the gardens

Beautifully designed, mult-lingual overview, information, pictures and much more of the gardens

Article describing a visit.