Venue Hire and Corporate Away Days

Open the door to the unexpected

Step away from the familiar. Get a little lost. Make room for what comes next.

What if your next meeting took you somewhere a little different?

Somewhere you could step away from the everyday, bring people together and enjoy a change of scene. Somewhere with beautiful gardens, winding paths and plenty of room for new ideas.

There is a certain magic in not quite knowing what lies around the next bend. A conversation takes an unexpected turn. An idea begins to grow. Time spent together becomes something a little more memorable.

At Heligan, we believe some things are worth getting lost for.

Set within the extraordinary landscape of The Lost Gardens of Heligan, the Centre for Nature Futures offers a unique setting for corporate venue hire, business meetings, conferences, workshops and company away days in Cornwall.

Whether you're bringing colleagues together for a meeting, planning a larger corporate event or looking for something special for your next team away day, our Nature Futures team will help you make the most of your time here.

Bring your people. Bring your questions. Bring the beginnings of an idea.

Who knows what might grow from here?

Find your place

Some places invite you to arrive with a plan. Others leave you wondering where the day might lead.

The Centre for Nature Futures is a little of both.

Our contemporary event spaces offer a welcoming and flexible setting for meetings, conferences, workshops and gatherings of all kinds.

Perhaps you'll come to work through an important question. Perhaps you'll bring together people who rarely have the chance to sit around the same table. Or perhaps you simply need somewhere that feels a little removed from the world outside.

With two spaces to choose from, facilities to help your event run smoothly and the gardens just beyond the windows, there's room to make the day your own.

Whether you're looking for a conference venue in Cornwall, somewhere to hold a team meeting or a space for a special business event, we'd love to welcome you.

The Seedpod

Room to gather. Space to think big.

Our larger event space, the Seedpod, offers a light-filled and flexible setting for corporate meetings, conferences, presentations, workshops and larger gatherings.

Accommodating up to 190 people in theatre-style seating, with a separate, smaller space for more intimate sessions, the Seedpod gives your event room to take shape.

You'll find audio-visual facilities and a self-contained kitchenette, along with lovely views across Heligan's orchard and wetland landscape.

It's a practical space for business, but with a setting that feels a world away from the everyday.

Whether you're bringing colleagues together from across Cornwall, welcoming clients or hosting a larger conference, the Seedpod offers plenty of room for ideas to be shared and conversations to unfold.

Enquire about hiring the Seedpod

The Lodge

A smaller space for closer conversations.

Sometimes, the best things happen around a smaller table.

The Lodge is our more intimate event space, accommodating up to 30 people. It's well suited to smaller business meetings, focused workshops, planning sessions and close-knit team gatherings.

It offers a quieter setting in which to listen, share ideas and spend some time together away from the usual distractions of the working day.

Use it for a dedicated meeting, a smaller group within a wider event or as part of a bespoke nature-connected experience.

Whether you need the generous space of the Seedpod or the more intimate setting of the Lodge, our Nature Futures team can help you find the right fit for your people and your plans.

Room to gather. Space to wander. A place to begin.

Enquire about hiring the Lodge

Client testimonial - Leap Media

That was an amazing team day. We wanted to be surrounded and in nature, to reflect and revitalise ourselves for the year ahead. Heligan was perfect. Everything from the food to our well being walk, through to finishing the day off at the night garden made our end of year review a fantastic experience for the whole team. Thanks to the Heligan team for helping to pull it all together.

Simon Thomason, Leap

A DAY OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

Somewhere to get lost

A corporate away day with a little more wonder.
Away from the familiar rhythms of the working day, there are paths to wander, conversations to stumble upon and ideas waiting to be found.
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your team is get everyone out of the office.
Our bespoke corporate away days invite your team to step into the story of The Lost Gardens of Heligan. It's a chance to reconnect, find fresh inspiration and enjoy spending time together somewhere a little different.
Perhaps there's something to celebrate, a new chapter beginning or simply a need to bring everyone together.
Every away day begins with a conversation about your people and what matters to them.
From hiring the Seedpod or Lodge to enjoying nature-led activities, guided experiences and seasonal food prepared by our Head Chef, Tom Hannon, we'll help you shape a day that feels entirely your own.
A day of discovery
There are plenty of ways to make the most of your time at Heligan.
Find one another. Step beyond familiar roles and enjoy spending time together away from the usual working environment.
Lose the usual perspective. Give new ideas space to wander and enjoy a change of scenery.
Reconnect with nature. Explore the living landscape and discover more about the remarkable world around us.
Find time to pause. Leave the rush behind, enjoy some good food and allow a little breathing room.
Be part of Heligan's story. Discover a place shaped by nature, forgotten paths and the remarkable possibility of renewal.
Let the day find its own way.
Perhaps you'd like to combine a morning meeting with an afternoon exploring the gardens. Maybe you'd prefer a guided experience, a creative workshop or simply some time together somewhere special.
Whatever brings you here, we'll help you create a corporate away day shaped around your team, with room to explore, time to reconnect and the freedom to follow a path less travelled.
You don't need to have everything planned. Just bring us your ideas and we'll take it from there.

Enquire about your bespoke away day
A little further into the wild

Team building, the Heligan way.
There is another side to the people we work with. Sometimes you meet it on a winding path, over a shared discovery or in the middle of something none of you has tried before.
Our Nature Futures practitioners can lead bespoke team-building workshops and nature-connected experiences inspired by the living landscape of Heligan.
Depending on your brief, the season and the activities available, your day might include:
The art of noticing — discovering the wildlife, plants and hidden details that reveal themselves when we look a little closer.
Learning from the landscape — exploring beavers, wetlands and the ever-changing relationships between living things.
A different kind of conversation — guided walks that allow time for reflection, connection and thoughts to wander.
Making and imagining — creative workshops inspired by the natural world and the freedom to see things differently.
Following the seasons — exploring our connection to the land and the things that grow from it.
Each experience can be discussed with our team and shaped around your group.
No need to know exactly what you're looking for. Sometimes curiosity is quite enough.
Come curious. Leave closer.

Explore team-building experiences
Things take root in their own time

Nature, people and the possibilities between them.
A garden is never quite finished. Neither, perhaps, are we.
There is always something taking shape beneath the surface, a new connection forming or another way of seeing things beginning to emerge.
The landscape around the Centre for Nature Futures offers a place to spend time with these ideas.
For businesses thinking about their relationship with nature, their values or the future they hope to help create, it can be a starting point for conversations that are still finding their words.
For others, the value may lie in the simple act of stepping away, looking around and allowing a different perspective to take hold.
Our Nature Futures team can help you explore nature-connected experiences that reflect your interests and ambitions.
You don't need to arrive with a finished question.
Some of the most interesting ones begin here.

Contact our Nature Futures team to discuss your ideas

A landscape that knows something about beginnings

Lost, found and always becoming.

Heligan has a story of its own.

A garden disappeared beneath the years, its paths swallowed by green, its possibilities waiting quietly out of sight. Then came the rediscovery: the opening of a door into another time, and the extraordinary work of bringing a lost landscape back to life.

That spirit of curiosity and care continues today, through the gardens, the recovering habitats and the work of bringing people closer to the natural world.

The Centre for Nature Futures is part of that unfolding story.

By gathering here, your business becomes part of a place committed to nature-connected learning, education and nature recovery.

For Cornish businesses, it is a chance to meet within a landscape deeply rooted in the county. For those coming from further afield, it is an invitation to discover somewhere a little different.

And if we opened the door?

Let's see where it leads.

Perhaps you have a conference in mind. Perhaps a team in need of a change of scene. Perhaps you're looking for somewhere to hold your next business meeting or simply have the beginnings of an idea for a company away day.

We would love to hear about it.

Our Nature Futures team can talk with you about corporate venue hire, bespoke away days, team-building experiences and seasonal catering, helping you explore the possibilities for your group.

We'll discuss which space best suits your gathering, whether that's the larger Seedpod for up to 190 people in theatre-style seating or the smaller Lodge for up to 30 people.

Not quite sure what you're looking for? That's absolutely fine too. We can talk through your ideas, discuss the options and help you work out what might suit your group.

Venue hire prices and bespoke experience costs are discussed individually with our team, so we can understand your requirements and help you explore the available options.

Tell us what you're thinking. Let's see what we can make happen.