Walking Through The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall

In a recent blog post I mentioned that The Lost Gardens of Heligan had been Voted UKs Top Visitor Garden. I think one of the reasons is that there is always something different to view as the seasons change. Today's photos were all taken on  in October.

The Giant's Head, as in the photo above, is found in Heligan's woodland walk along with the Mud Maid.

Below is an entrance to one of the formal gardens but ...

… on our visit we headed for the green fields. Wet underfoot but the sky was doing its best to brighten the way.

Looking across the fields the rain has made them a lovely shade of green.

In an adjoining field an old fashioned hay wagon can be seen. This is still all part of Heligan.

Moving on we come to the jungle.

After all of the rain and dampness it's a good time to spot various fungi. The display below looks like the head of some sort of cattle - or perhaps that's just my imagination.

The palm tree below is losing some of it's outer covering.

Flowers at last, though dotted with raindrops.

More like a woodland walk now ...

… with a path leading through the trees.

The pathway meanders by the some ferns.

Then a display of flowers, good to see in October.

And finally, passing by one of the greenhouses I noticed the staff had made a small display inside. 

That's the end of our walk, but we have only covered a very small part of The Lost Gardens of Heligan's 200 acres.

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