by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
It’s been a fantastic growing year at a Marazion family farm Billy Collins at Chy Vellan Farm October 2022: Harvest time in Mount’s Bay in the mid-20th century followed a traditional pattern. A horse-drawn binder would cut the corn, which was tied into sheaves...
by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
An organic garden close to Penzance offers courses and workshops for novice growers along with home-grown produce Support worker Nathan Surry at the Community Garden February 2020: Every Thursday morning, visitors to Penzance Country Market can buy organic vegetables,...
by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
Butterflies and other insects are making a bee line for a coastal market garden overlooking a quiet cove near Marazion September 2020: Rabbits are not keen on chard – which is just as well, as it is one of the crops growing in a new market garden in a spectacular...
by cornishgardens | May 16, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis July 2014: The Tregoniggie Titan is a giant among trees: a magnificent ash with a massive base which measures more than 15 feet. Believed to be around 400 years old, it is one of only a small number of ancient trees identified in...
by cornishgardens | May 16, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis February 2014: The lone cherry tree which stands in the centre of Strawberry Hill Orchard was planted just a few months ago — but it is a living reminder of the days when the sunny slopes of the Tamar Valley were filled with...
