A Quiet WalkDeveloped from within the ruins of a Benedictine Abbey during the middle of the nineteenth century by its founder, Augustus John Smith and tended by successive generations of the Dorrien-Smith family, this world famous garden displays a unique and richly diverse collection of plants many of which would fail to survive on mainland Britain.
Protected by specimen trees and palms, plants more commonly found in the southern hemisphere thrive in the temperate climate of Tresco where frosts are rare.

Whatever time of year you may choose to visit, the gardens always have something colourful to offer with proteas, erica, amaryllis, agapanthus, euryops, pelargonium, watsonia, lampranthus and arctotis from South Africa … eucalyptus, coprosma, clianthus, callistemon, astelia, metrocideros and sophora fom New Zealand … echium, aeonium, geranium, lavender and agave from the Canary Islands just a small selection of plants to behold.

The gardens also boast a modern Visitor Centre with cafe, tea garden and gift shop together with a fine historical collection of ‘Ships Figureheads’ housed in the Valhalla.
Open 10am-4pm most days of the year, the gardens can be contacted on 01720 424105.
The Visitor Centre
Mediteranean Garden
A Summer Scene
The Abbey, Tresco
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