Visitors to The Lost Gardens of Heligan on Fridays this summer will have the opportunity for some amazing animal encounters on the attraction’s farm.
Farm Fridays are taking place throughout the summer and will feature a dynamic schedule of activities and experiences each week.
These will include the opportunity to help feed the Tamworth pigs, meet and stroke the donkeys and welcome the summer’s new arrivals – native Hebridean sheep, set to arrive at Heligan imminently, and rare breed British White calves, which are due to be born in the coming days.
Visitors will also get the opportunity to encounter Heligan’s wide variety of rare breed poultry during feeding times and hear talks from the gardens’ expert farmers as part of each experience.
Holly Garrett, farm manager at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, said: “We can’t wait to welcome people down to the Heligan farm this summer to show off our new arrivals. We are really excited to share our passion for animals and farming and to let our visitors know the stories behind Heligan’s rare breeds.”
Heligan’s farm is situated in the centre of the estate and has been given Rare Breed Farm Park status by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
Farmland at Heligan is managed using a mixture of traditional breeds and sustainable, low intensity techniques like the ones practiced on the estate for centuries.
Farm Fridays will run until August 29 with a different programme for each day, details of which will be made available on the Heligan website, social media channels and on-site signage.
Visitors from Cornwall and Devon will also have the opportunity to pick up a child’s local pass for £5 on every Farm Friday when paying by Direct Debit. Please bring photo ID and proof of local residency (a utility bill for example).
Farm Fridays will be complementing Jungle Giants Safari, the Heligan summer programme which is due to run until September 2.
The event sees budding adventurers set out on a journey around the world without ever leaving Heligan, walking in the footsteps of the great Victorian plant-hunters and discovering the origins of some of the most iconic plants in the gardens.
The Heligan play meadow – Cornwall’s largest outdoor playground and home to the only jumping pillow in south west England – is the final stop on the plant-hunting expedition. Here, explorers take part in den-building activities using a variety of provided materials, working together to create stupendous shelters and bizarre bothies.
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