One of the things I was most excited to do on our recent trip to Cornwall was to visit the Lost Gardens of Heligan. It's a place I'd read about lots and seen lots of pictures, so I really wanted to see it in the flesh. Located near Megavissey, the gardens had been a hugely impressive part of the Tremayne estate, producing fruit and vegetables for the household, as well as the formal gardens themselves. But they fell into disrepair after WWI when most of their gardeners were called up to fight in the war. In 1990, an old small building was discovered under fallen masonry in a corner of the garden, and inscribed on the wall along with the date ...