A St Austell garden attraction is set to be the host of a local society's annual show.

This August, The Cornwall Dahlia Society return to The Lost Gardens of Heligan to showcase a weekend of dazzling dahlias in their 40th Annual show in August.

Visitors to the show will be invited to see hundreds of The Cornish Dahlia Society’s most spectacular dahlias in beautiful displays at the Lost Gardens.

Nicola Bradley, Head of Gardens, said: "We’re really pleased to be able to showcase Dahlias in the garden again this year.

"Once again, the Cornish Dahlia Society has been very generous with their time and plants to help us create another summer display of riotous colour in both the Flower Gardens and the Steward’s House Garden."

The three-day floral event will be held at Heligan from 28 to 30 August and will feature an exhibition by professional and novice dahlia growers from around Cornwall.

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Simon Nute of the Cornish Dahlia Society said: "The Cornish Dahlia Society are delighted to be invited back to Heligan to hold our 40th annual show and to celebrate our 40th Anniversary!

"It is such a great venue and members of the committee enjoy spreading the word of growing dahlias to the many visitors.

"Our members are busy tending to their show plants to hopefully ensure a good display of flowers for the show and we welcome anyone that would like to try their hand in our novice classes.

"We are not only preparing for the show but also planting and tending to over 1400 plants that the society grown in order to put on another spectacular display at Heligan."

Entry to The Cornish Dahlia Society Show is included within standard garden admission charges.

A full schedule and entry forms can be downloaded from the events pages of www.heligan.com