The Lost Gardens of Heligan - Past, Present and Future: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration

From ruin to riotous life — Heligan’s tenth-year celebration of nature reclaimed

Overview

A filmed celebration of a remarkable restoration, Heligan — Past, Present & Future: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration follows the estate a decade after teams first began to unearth and revive its forgotten Victorian gardens. The film blends archival discovery, horticultural craft and the human stories behind the rescue — gardeners, historians and local voices — to show how neglect gave way to reinvention and how careful stewardship can return a lost landscape to abundance. Expect intimate closeups of the Jungle, the kitchen gardens, the ram-powered lakes and the garden’s iconic living sculptures, set against reflections on what it means to conserve living heritage for the future