Lost Gardens of Heligan
One of the most popular gardens in the UK is the peculiar garden of the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Cornwall – is the main location of the amazing botanical garden, which covers an area of approximately 81 hectares. The creators of this beauty are the Kornish Tremain family, which actively worked on these lands from 18 to the beginning of the 20th century.
The history of the Heligan Garden tells that the time when this beauty was formed falls on the rise of the economy of England. It was at these times that the country was actively developing a fashion of beautiful landscaping of park plots. Thus, the magnificent garden was decorated in the style of "gardeneska". It was this design that implied the division of the territory into separate zones, each with which had its own design, its own appearance and purpose. Therefore, Haligan was divided into the main parts, where places for walking, gardens for growing vegetables and fruits are provided, as well as a territory similar to the tropics where exotic fruits were bred.
But, it should be noted that this garden originally served to grow various fruits for the Tremeynov cuisine. But, nevertheless, chasing fashion and evaluating the result, this park soon turned into exotic green areas.
The garden was reincarnating every year, its beauty was in sight, but World War I made adjustments to the history of Haligan. The gardeners, who, tirelessly, ennobled this territory, were called into army ranks. And the family itself, which was the owner of the garden, was scattered around the world. Only one descendant of this family remained on the estate, but he did not express his desire to practice the garden, and simply rented free rooms to the estate for permanent use. As expected, without the departure of Haligan, the garden began to become weeds. And only half a century later was the man who was far from gardening, but with a great desire to save this attraction of the whole country. Tim Smith, with the help of friends, as well as written articles and a couple of live broadcasts that talked about saving the eccentric garden, found means to restore Haligan.
Today's Lost Gardens of Heligan is, like many years ago, a diverse area where recreation areas with fertile lands alternate. Paths for relaxation are accused of heather plants, to which exotic rhododendron belongs, they, densely overgrown with ivy and ancient moss, lead tourists to grottoes.
The garden has many different plants, but tourists are also attracted by amazing stone figures located on this territory. Among them stand out mythical sculptures called "Giant's Head", "Sleeping Girl ». In addition to stone figures, there are also amazing people woven from wire.
The territory holds several artificial water bodies, greenhouses, crystal, alpine ravine, as well as a gardening museum. Tourists do not pass by the local pit for saving pineapples, which is left alone in Europe.
A visit to Heligan’s Lost Gardens will surely please you, because there really is something to see to you than to admire, because today's view of the garden is the same as it was 150 years ago, during its heyday.
