Heligan Harvest: A taste of our Heritage

Soil, seeds, and the celebration of Garden Gold. 

Let us invite you to our annual harvest celebration and share the bounty of our gardens and estate, from the Kitchen Garden to the fields and woodland: vegetables, fruit, herbs, seeds, meat, flowers and even timber - all from Heligan’s Garden & Estate.

Harvest is a significant time of year for us. It is at a momentous point in the calendar, where we can fully appreciate and share all of the hard work and effort that our team has given, during the last 12 months and celebrate the fruits of our labour.

During our first week of Harvest celebrations, we will be admiring all that the Heligan team care for, produce, grow and tend to – be those vegetables, animals, or woodlands. Our Harvest Programme will include our traditional Harvest Heritage Produce Display, Garden Tours, Produce Tasters, Harvest Demonstrations, Apple Pressing and Farm Tours.

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    The Heligan Harvest Produce Display

    In the Reserve Yard

    Marvel at this year's spectacular traditional Harvest display with contributions from the Productive Garden, Jungle, Estate, and Home Farm Teams.

  2. Heligan Harvest Big Draw

    The Big Heligan Harvest Draw

    Daily 11am - 3pm, Reserve Yard

    Take part in the creative activity and join us in capturing and celebrating the harvest season in all its shapes and colours.

    All materials will be provided.

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    Heligan Harvest Shop

    Open daily

    Discover our exclusive Heligan products, proudly made with Heligan harvested ingredients for the Garden and Estate. 

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    The Heligan Kitchen and the Steward's House

    Open daily

    Join us for a menu inspired by the Gardens and Estate.

    Delicious hearty breakfasts. specials and bakery treats await you. 

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    Harvest Demonstrations

    Daily at 11:30am in the Productive Gardens

    Meeting Heligan's gardeners and enjoy their skilful demonstrations. Demos include seed saving, dried flower arranging and onion stringing. 

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    Productive Garden Tour

    Daily at 1.30pm,meet in the Flower Garden

    Join our team for a tour of our Productive Gardens and learn more about their history and how they are managed today.

  7. Produce Tasters

    Produce Tasters

    Daily at 2pm, on Flora’s Green

    Join one of our Chefs and a Heligan Productive Gardener to delight in their tasty creations.

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    Home Farm Paddock Tours

    Daily at 3pm,meet at The Paddocks

    Join a member of our home farm team to learn more about of rare breed livestock that call Heligan home.

  9. Corn Dollies

    Corn Dolly Making

    Daily 10am – 4pm, The Barn

    Celebrate Harvest with traditional Corn Dolly workshops where the skills and traditions of this ancient craft will be shared. You’ll leave with your very own Corn Dolly to decorate your home this harvest.

  10. Harvest Apples

    Apple Pressing with the Cider Gang

    Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th October,

    10am - 3pm, outside the Woodturner’s Workshop

    Join the Cider Gang for an informative demonstration of juicing methods from their heyday. They’ll be using both a traditional & more modern apple press to make cider, juice, and cider vinegar, using produce from our very own Heligan Orchards.

  11. Whippletree

    Whippletree Ceilidh Band

    Join us for a Barn Dance with Whippletree Ceilidh in The Barn on Sunday 27th October and Sunday 3rd November from 1pm onwards. 

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