Glendurgan Garden

Glendurgan Garden (Cornish: Glynn Dowrgeun, meaning deep valley of otters) is a National Trust garden situated above the hamlet of Durgan on the Helford River and near Mawnan Smith, in the civil parish of Mawnan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

Glendurgan

Glendurgan Garden was laid out by Alfred Fox in the 1820s and 1830s. In 1962 Glendurgan Garden was given to the National Trust by Cuthbert and Philip Fox.

The garden is notable for a cherry laurel maze, created in 1833.

References
  • Fox, Charles (2004). Glendurgan: a personal memoir of a garden in Cornwall. Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall: Alison Hodge. ISBN 0-906720-35-4.
Note: Charles Fox is a great-grandson of the founder of the garden at Glendurgan, Alfred Fox. In this book he gives some personal memories of the garden and the Fox family, together with some family history.

Views of Glendurgan
  • View of Glendurgan
  • View of Glendurgan
  • Glendurgan maze
  • Glendurgan maze
  • Trachycarpus fortunei in Glendurgan
  • Glendurgan bamboo jungle
  • Agave buds in Glendurgan in May 2004, about 8 ft in height
  • Agave buds in Glendurgan in May 2004, about 8 ft in height


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