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By Helicopter - Direct to Tresco

By Helicopter - Direct to Tresco

Fly direct to Tresco with Penzance Helicopters - making the flight to the Isles of Scilly as memorable as the destination

Before you Arrive

Before you Arrive

Our pre-arrival checklist - from letting us know your travel plans to ordering your wine and groceries

Tresco Islandshare

Tresco Islandshare

Own a piece of this unique island, with 40 years of holidays on Tresco as more than just a visitor. Discover Islandshares for sale...

Tresco Offers & Breaks

Tresco Offers & Breaks

From seasonal escapes to wellness and creative breaks and last-minute offers, discover our latest offers & breaks on Tresco Island

Eating

Eating

From beachfront dining to our cosy inn, get a taste for island-inspired dining with a Tresco twist

Grocery

Grocery

Place a pre-arrival grocery order and we'll deliver to your accommodation on your arrival

Events & Experiences

Events & Experiences

From the Low Tide Event to live music, Abbey Garden Theatre and more, discover extraordinary events on the Isles of Scilly

Day Trips to Tresco

Day Trips to Tresco

Whether you're coming from elsewhere on Scilly, or further afield in Devon or Cornwall, a day trip to Tresco is the perfect day out

Spring news in the Abbey Gardens

Spring is definitely in the air here at Tresco Abbey Garden!

Last week we had some wonderful warm sunny days, which, back home in Ireland, would be classed as summer weather.

The garden has been open to visitors for the last few weeks, and it’s nice to see you trickling back in again. Over winter it was very quiet in the garden as we moved from one area to the next clearing the borders and beds, preparing them for planting. It was great to finally start planting them up last week!

This month will see the start of the cruise ships arriving at Tresco’s shores and simultaneously the resumption of garden tours. As student gardeners, we will be conducting some of these tours – hopefully my delivery will be stimulating and I won’t lose any of my group on the way around!

Weekend watering duty is looming around the corner, as the three garden students take turns to open glasshouses and water the plants on Saturdays and Sundays.

Elsewhere in the garden, we’re gravelling the footpaths and painting the blue bridge and benches.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be carrying out a major planting job at the island hotel site.

I caught up with Dave Inch in the nursery and Dave Hamilton in the vegetable garden this week.

Dave Inch is busy these days propagating cuttings of Osteospermum, Argyranthemum, Pelargonium and Euryops for plant sales. Soon he’ll be making up hanging baskets for the garden entrance and the Abbey.

Dave Hamilton is busy with soil cultivation in the vegetable garden. The onions, garlic and shallots he planted in February are coming along nicely. Likewise the beetroot and spring onions are doing well and the carrots have just started germinating. He planted the first batch of broad beans today and has started hardening off another batch before planting them out too. He’s preparing to make his ‘Annual Avenue of Climbers’ where he’ll have an avenue of Sweet Peas and Runner Beans climbing up bamboo canes. In the glasshouse the tomatoes and cucumbers are ready for potting on, the rocket, lettuce and cabbage are all set to be planted in the polytunnel and the annuals Statice, Cosmos and Snap Dragon have been sown. He’s preparing the other polytunnel for the tomato and cucumber plants.

Stay on Tresco

Winter and Festive breaks are not always available to book online - for cottage stays or New Inn breaks over the winter months please go to Winter on Tresco or call 01720 422849.

Or call +44 (0)1720 422 849