The Giants Head . Lost Gardens of Heligan
The lost Garden of Heligan in Cornwall contains many pleasure but I did enjoy the Giants Head . Created by local artists Pete and Sue Hill, who are brother and sister, this mud sculpture has become an emblem of the park. The Giant's Head was installed in 1997 when the garden was being renovated after being abandoned since World War I. It took about three weeks for the duo to complete The Giant's Head, with the structure being constructed around the upturned rootball of a fallen tree. Local clay was mixed with water and spread over the rootball to give the head form and they used a local invasive weed to form the giant's green “skin.” For the hair, they selected crocosmia—a plant that flowers orange in July, which transforms him into a redhead for the summer.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan are located near Mevagissey in Cornwall, and are considered to be amongst the most popular in the UK. The gardens are typical of the 19th century Gardenesque style with areas of different character and in different design styles.
The gardens were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family from the mid-18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, and still form part of the family's Heligan estate. The gardens were neglected after the First World War and restored only in the 1990s, a restoration that was the subject of several popular television programmes and books.
Before the First World War, the garden required the services of 22 gardeners to maintain it, but that war lead to the deaths of 16 of those gardeners, and by 1916, the garden was being looked after by only eight men. By the 1920s, Jack Tremayne's love of Italy, which had earlier inspired the Italian Garden, led him to set up permanent home there, and lease out Heligan. The house was tenanted for most of the 20th century, used by the US Army during the Second World War, and then converted into flats and sold, without the gardens, in the 1970s. Against this background, the gardens fell into a serious state of neglect, and were lost to sight.
After the childless death of Jack Tremayne, the Heligan estate came under the ownership of a trust to the benefit of several members of the extended Tremayne family. One of these, John Willis, lived in the area and was responsible for introducing record producer Tim Smit to the gardens. A group of fellow enthusiasts and he decided to restore the garden to its former glory, and eventually leased them from the Tremayne family. Tim Smit was also the man who came up with the idea of the Eden Project
The restoration, proved to be an outstanding success, not only revitalising the gardens but also the local economy around Heligan by providing employment. One of the nice stories around the restoration was that some of the planting schemes designs were found in a outhouse used by the gardeners before they departed to the trenches of the First world war
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The Giants Head . Lost Gardens of Heligan
The lost Garden of Heligan in Cornwall contains many pleasure but I did enjoy the Giants Head . Created by local artists Pete and Sue Hill, who are brother and sister, this mud sculpture has become an emblem of the park. The Giant's Head was installed in 1997 when the garden was being renovated after being abandoned since World War I. It took about three weeks for the duo to complete The Giant's Head, with the structure being constructed around the upturned rootball of a fallen tree. Local clay was mixed with water and spread over the rootball to give the head form and they used a local invasive weed to form the giant's green “skin.” For the hair, they selected crocosmia—a plant that flowers orange in July, which transforms him into a redhead for the summer.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan are located near Mevagissey in Cornwall, and are considered to be amongst the most popular in the UK. The gardens are typical of the 19th century Gardenesque style with areas of different character and in different design styles.
The gardens were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family from the mid-18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, and still form part of the family's Heligan estate. The gardens were neglected after the First World War and restored only in the 1990s, a restoration that was the subject of several popular television programmes and books.
Before the First World War, the garden required the services of 22 gardeners to maintain it, but that war lead to the deaths of 16 of those gardeners, and by 1916, the garden was being looked after by only eight men. By the 1920s, Jack Tremayne's love of Italy, which had earlier inspired the Italian Garden, led him to set up permanent home there, and lease out Heligan. The house was tenanted for most of the 20th century, used by the US Army during the Second World War, and then converted into flats and sold, without the gardens, in the 1970s. Against this background, the gardens fell into a serious state of neglect, and were lost to sight.
After the childless death of Jack Tremayne, the Heligan estate came under the ownership of a trust to the benefit of several members of the extended Tremayne family. One of these, John Willis, lived in the area and was responsible for introducing record producer Tim Smit to the gardens. A group of fellow enthusiasts and he decided to restore the garden to its former glory, and eventually leased them from the Tremayne family. Tim Smit was also the man who came up with the idea of the Eden Project
The restoration, proved to be an outstanding success, not only revitalising the gardens but also the local economy around Heligan by providing employment. One of the nice stories around the restoration was that some of the planting schemes designs were found in a outhouse used by the gardeners before they departed to the trenches of the First world war
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .