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Tresco & Tresco Abbey Gardens

Bewitching island of exotic plants

Tresco Abbey

Privately-owned Tresco is famous for the sensational collection of sub-tropical plants in the Tresco Abbey Gardens.

Tresco Abbey Gardens

Dubbed ‘Kew without the glass’, these enchanting gardens are home to around 20,000 species of exotic plants. The gardens were established in 1830 among the ruins of a Benedictine Abbey and have plants from New Zealand, South America, South Africa and the Med.

The Valhalla Museum features an array of ships’ figureheads, salvaged from some of the islands’ many shipwrecks.

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Sleeping, Eating & Drinking

The gardens have a cafe. The island also has the Ruin beach bistro, the Flying Boat Cafe & Deli, self-catering cottages and the Sea Garden Apartments.

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Daily passenger ferries from St Mary’s

Tresco Island tresco.co.uk

Tresco Abbey Garden

Hours 10am–4pm

Admission Adults £15; Child £5

Website tresco.co.uk

Gardens

Isles of Scilly Sights

Text © Belinda Dixon

Images by michael clarke stuff