by cornishgardens | Nov 14, 2023 | Garden Stories
Photograph: Charles Francis Moyclare May 2008: A conversation with owner Elizabeth Henslowe How did an Irish garden come to be created in Liskeard? My aunt and uncle, Moira and Louis Reid, came over from Ireland when they were married in 1927, and brought...
by cornishgardens | Nov 14, 2023 | Garden Stories
On a wild, exposed site between Penzance and Helston is a garden full of colour and scent Photographs: Charles Francis July 2012: A conversation with owner Vicki Marshall You’re known as The Garden Lady — but how did you come to create a garden on the...
by cornishgardens | Nov 14, 2023 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis February 2016: A conversation with head gardener Iain Davies Twenty-five years ago. Heligan welcomed its first visitors following the restoration of the Lost Gardens. How did you hear about this very special place? I was...
by cornishgardens | Nov 14, 2023 | Community
Two days before Christmas, the people of Torpoint will gather under the stars for a candlelit celebration in the town’s new walled garden. The bandstand seen from one of the corner beds. Photographs: Charles Francis The event, featuring choirs, carol singing, mulled...
by cornishgardens | Jul 17, 2018 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis Tremenheere October 2015: A conversation with owner Neil Armstrong It is three years since Tremenheere opened to the public. How has the garden evolved since then? There has always been a contrast between the hot, sunny...
