by cornishgardens | Jul 8, 2018 | Nurseries and Florists
Photographs: Charles Francis December 2014: On the last day of November, seven years ago, springer spaniel puppy Holly came to live with the Carpenter family in their woodland home in a hidden valley in south-east Cornwall. The next day, tranquil Sconner Wood...
by cornishgardens | Jul 8, 2018 | Plants
Photographs: Charles Francis October 2014: The lichen-covered trees in the old orchards around Coombe Creek are laden with dark, damson-like fruit. Nick Coley gives one of the trees a good shake. You can’t hurry a Kea plum – but on this sunny August afternoon,...
by cornishgardens | Jul 6, 2018 | Nurseries and Florists
Photographs: Charles Francis June 2014: For 13-year-old plant lover Dawn Morris, the hillside nursery close to her home in the village of Landrake was a magical place. “I used to ride past on my pony,” she recalls. “And one day I shouted over the gate: ‘Would...
by cornishgardens | Jul 6, 2018 | People
Photographs: Charles Francis June 2015: Spring is Tommy Teagle’s favourite season, and magnolias are his favourite plants — so there is nowhere he would rather be right now than Lanhydrock. The glorious 30-acre garden near Bodmin boasts an outstanding...
by cornishgardens | Jul 5, 2018 | Nurseries and Florists
Photographs: Charles Francis December 2015: Last December, Beth and Simon Hillyard turned their lounge into a temporary packing shed, and filled more than 1,000 boxes with freshly-cut flowers, destined to be sent all over the country as Christmas gifts. “We...
