This garden enjoys one of the mildest climates in Britain. Set within a wooded valley with many large trees and shrubs, the garden is sheltered from most of the strong, cold, winds, and is usually frost free because of its close proximity to the sea.
Glendurgan Garden was purposefully set only a few miles away from the Fal estuary, this deep-water harbour that was in the past the first port of call for ships returning from the Americas, the Far East, Africa and the Antipodes. This provided the Fox family with an ideal way of importing plants easily from all over the world. Alfred Fox designed and laid out most of the garden Between the 1820s and 1830s. In 1833 he planted the laurel maze. The hedges of the maze on a slope resemble a serpent curled up in the grass.
The gently sloping winding paths of the garden descend down the valley eventually leading to the tiny fishing hamlet of Durgan.
The garden was given to the National Trust in 1962.
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