Started by Colin Soudain in 1957, the Shell Garden, Jersey, has become the largest of its kind in the world consisting of millions of locally collected mollusc shells.

Colin Soudain started the Shell Garden for his own pleasure. When he started work on his garden in 1957 his only desire was to enhance the hillside surrounding his newly built house. He never imagined for one minute that the garden would one day become one of Jersey's most unique and popular tourist attractions giving pleasure and joy to tens of thousands of people, both local and tourists alike, every year.

Colin Soudain handed the management and creative direction over to me, John Morgan, and I have tried to carry on where Colin left off. Although the garden is now a business, all the additions I make to the garden are for my pleasure and other people's pleasure, and not for financial gain, therefore maintaining the original air of innocence by which the Shell Garden was created. Colin is still very much involved with the garden. Although he is nearly 80 years old, he still keeps very active and I keep him very busy making shell souvenirs for the shell shop. We are a great team and he supports me with all the work we do. That work is a continuous thing as we are adding more shells and works of art to the garden every year.

It's really quite difficult to describe the Shell Garden in words, it is so unique, so extensive, and the ambiance, the feeling of peace and tranquillity is so special, it's beyond the written word; you have to experience it for yourself and experience the world's greatest monument to innocence and the true spirit of Mankind.

Opening Times

1st April to 1st November from 9.45am to 4.45pm, seven days a week.

We can be found on the A13, between the village of St Aubin's and St Brelade's Bay, on the main highway to the South-West of the Island from the Island's capital, St Helier.
We are also on the Island's busiest bus route with at least one bus every 20 minutes on bus routes 12, 12A, 14 and 15 from St Helier Bus Station at the Weighbridge.

We charge a small entrance fee. There are toilet facilities and ample parking.