GETTING AROUND

Leave your car behind and explore…

By boat

Take an Enterprise Boat from Truro to Falmouth; see the tea plantations of Tregothnan Garden on the banks of the river and then disembark at Trelissick

Garden’s pontoon. falriver.co.uk

Travel between Trebah and Kestle Barton using the pedestrian ferry between Helford and Helford

Passage. Signal that you want the ferry to pick you up by raising the flag! helford-river-boats.co.uk

By train

Avoid the typical summer parking nightmare in

St Ives and instead visit the Barbara Hepworth

Sculpture Garden by train, travelling from St Erth station. greatscenicrailways.co.uk

On foot

Some of the best gardens are not too far apart and strolling from one to the other makes a great day out.

Try walking between Trengwainton (nationaltrust. org.uk/trengwainton-garden) and Trewidden (trewiddengarden.co.uk), or Tremenheere (tremenheere.co.uk) and St Michael’s Mount (stmichaelsmount.co.uk). visitcornwall.com

By bike

Few of Cornwall’s excellent cycle trails are directly linked to Cornwall’s gardens, but try the Camel Trail near Padstow where you can visit Prideaux Place, or the Great Flat Lode Trail, which runs from near

Trelissick Garden to Portreath on the north coast. visitcornwall.com

By plane

To get to the Isles of Scilly you can either take the fixed-wing plane from Land’s End or the Scillonian ferry; both are organised by the same company.

However, to fly to Tresco Abbey Garden direct you need to take a helicopter. islesofscilly-travel.co.uk

By helicopter

Penzance Helicopters flies to Tresco and St Mary’s; from £122.50 one way. penzancehelicopters.co.uk