I went to Cornwall for a couple of days to see the Jungle Gardens of Cornwall. I loved Trebah Gardens. Beautiful garden. I spent hours in it. I was definitely not overwhelmed by Heligan Gardens one day later, even if Heligan was described by many in Falmouth, where I stayed, as the best garden. Heligan is a garden for families and people who like a staged show.
If I had finished my days in Cornwall with Heligan, I would have been disappointed. However, what turned out to be the real Cornwall jungle garden and true pearl in every sense was on my final day: Penjerrick Garden.
Penjerrick Garden doesn't fall into any category of classical garden. It has no facilities, it can't be accessed if you have a kind of disability like bending down to walk under tree trunks. I would recommend to be with someone, because in case something happens, there is no phone signal. It opens only 3 times a week for 3 hours over the summer, and the well-hidden honesty box fee is £3. There is a map that can be taken at the gate, but once you are in the garden itself, you realise that here is something different.
The paths are overgrown and hard to read. The deeper you go, the wilder and the more challenging it gets. Inside minutes, you are thrown out of your comfortable life into a wilderness that might scare you. Penjerrick Garden doesn't have many visitors, and the ones that I saw on that day were mostly unprepared. Some didn't know what to expect and had no sturdy shoes, something that you need. Others were upset, because this garden is a challenge, and it calls on your emotions.
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I loved Trebah Gardens. Beautiful garden. I spent hours in it.
I was definitely not overwhelmed by Heligan Gardens one day later, even if Heligan was described by many in Falmouth, where I stayed, as the best garden. Heligan is a garden for families and people who like a staged show.
If I had finished my days in Cornwall with Heligan, I would have been disappointed. However, what turned out to be the real Cornwall jungle garden and true pearl in every sense was on my final day: Penjerrick Garden.
Penjerrick Garden doesn't fall into any category of classical garden. It has no facilities, it can't be accessed if you have a kind of disability like bending down to walk under tree trunks. I would recommend to be with someone, because in case something happens, there is no phone signal.
It opens only 3 times a week for 3 hours over the summer, and the well-hidden honesty box fee is £3.
There is a map that can be taken at the gate, but once you are in the garden itself, you realise that here is something different.
The paths are overgrown and hard to read. The deeper you go, the wilder and the more challenging it gets. Inside minutes, you are thrown out of your comfortable life into a wilderness that might scare you.
Penjerrick Garden doesn't have many visitors, and the ones that I saw on that day were mostly unprepared. Some didn't know what to expect and had no sturdy shoes, something that you need. Others were upset, because this garden is a challenge, and it calls on your emotions.
What a great garden.
Follow the path:
The bottom of the garden.
I ♥ my garden.
Here's my pics of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk.