by cornishgardens | May 15, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis August 2017: Back in January, dozens of people braved the midwinter cold to gather at St Ives Community Orchard and toast the health of its resident trees with mulled cider. The traditional wassail ceremony also featured exuberant...
by cornishgardens | Apr 25, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis October 2013: The courtyard at the Ring O’ Bells is one of the smallest gardens in St Issey — yet tomatoes flourish there, among pots of lavender, basil, mint and thyme. This is a village with a passion for plants, and the pub is...
by cornishgardens | Apr 25, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis August 2015: At the height of the summer season in St Ives, Sam Blades likes to escape to his allotment with a radio and a flask of tea. It is one of 60 plots, perched high above the town, which offer stunning views of St Ives Bay....
by cornishgardens | Apr 22, 2024 | Community
Volunteers keeping their crops weed free. Photographs: Charles Francis November 2010: It is known as the Golden Mile: a south-facing stretch of sheltered, spectacularly fertile land on the fringes of Penzance, which can comfortably produce two crops a year. Last...
by cornishgardens | Apr 22, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis October 2015: Bordered by hundreds of houses, a busy sports centre and one of Cornwall’s largest schools, newly-planted Newquay Community Orchard is destined to become a green oasis for the town’s residents for generations to...
