by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis February 2010: A conversation with owner Michael Stephens What made you decide to create a winter garden? I’ve always been enthusiastic about plants which flower in the winter, and I wanted to start with them, and then fill in with spring...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis March 2010: A conversation with owners Anthony and Elizabeth Fortescue How did Boconnoc come to be the home of the Cornwall Spring Flower Show? Anthony: It had toured Cornwall over the years, but there was a feeling that perhaps...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis April 2009: A conversation with owners William and Lally Croggon What’s the history of the garden? William: It used to be quite a special garden in the traditional Cornish Rectory style. William Gregor, the rector here in the...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis August 2010: A conversation with owner David Eyles You’ve described Arundell as “a garden where no garden should be”. It’s true that there aren’t many notable gardens on the north Cornish coast. What made you think you could create...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis June 2009: A conversation with owner Sue Nathan It’s taken you less than 10 years to create a stunning 20-acre garden. What was Bonython like before then? hen my husband and I first saw Bonython, we fell in love with it. The manor...
