But for Heligan in particular, there was also tragedy. "Thirteen of the gardeners and estate workers went off to fight in the war and only four returned," says Moore, who explains that it had a profound effect on the skills of the garden workforce after World War One, and on the atmosphere on the estate in general. "Jack Tremayne [the last squire] talked a lot about ghosts – the place being full of ghosts and not really wanting to be here anymore," says Moore.
