Tresco Abbey Garden, Shop & Café

Best gardens I've seen, there are many surprises around each pathway. It's a relatively compact botanical garden, not long walks on a big estate, but its packed with unusual trees and shrubs as well as some sculptures. There is an outdoor museum of ships mast head figures from mainly wrecks around the Scilly Isles. The gardens are over a mile from New Grimsby Quay, so may be a struggle for the less able. There may be a minibus you can book or a golf buggy to rent, but I saw no details of where.

Absolutely stunning, vibrant botanic gardens. Filled with plants and trees from all over the world. Lovely red squirrels can be seen at various feeding stations. Good cafe and shop too. Highly recommend a visit 👌🏻

Lovely experience today looking at the floral and fauna. My favourite part though was seeing some red squirrel in these beautiful gardens. There is a cafe, shop and toilets available. For those staying on the island a weekly pass is also available for around 25% more for an adult. There are the remains of an old Abbey inside too and a mixture of modern art in carious places.

Nice day out if it's fine weather, although wear sensible footwear as there is lots of walking. The cafe is reasonably priced with a gift shop attached to it. The toilets are just outside the cafe.

Large formal gardens. Nice new reception with cafe, toilet and small museum. Will take two hours to walk the gardens. Wonderful plants in exceptional setting. Don't miss the red squirrels. About £18 to enter in 2025.

Beautiful formal gardens with an abundance of wildlife a must see is the Red Squirrels, good facilities with ease of access for anyone with mobility issues, the gardens themselves have a few steps but in all is quite accessible. Would certainly visit again.

A gem of a garden, takes a bit of planning to get there due to location, but so worth it. A mix of semi formal and informal, tropical abundance of planting, very knowledgeable gardening team, with good facilities and peaceful places even when busy.

Really lovely day out and great bit of history, definitely different to another garden you will experience. Also so big plus the Gardens are also dog friendly. 😊