Tresco Abbey Gardens | |
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Type | Botanical |
Location | Tresco, Isles of Scilly, England |
Coordinates | 49°56′52″N 6°19′57″W / 49.94778°N 6.33250°W |
Area | 17 acres (6.9 hectares) |
Opened | 1834 |
Founder | Augustus Smith |
Owned by | Robert Dorrien-Smith |
Operated by | Tresco Estate |
Website | tresco |
Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. The 17 acre gardens were established by the nineteenth-century proprietor of the islands, Augustus Smith, originally as a private garden within the grounds of the home he designed and built. The gardens are designated at Grade I in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[1]