by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis December 2010: A conversation with landscape architect John Moreland The gardens at Tregenna Castle are less than 15 years old – but the estate has a long history. How much do you know about it? The house was built...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
July 2010: A conversation with owner Sally Searle This is a place which inspired a great writer to produce some of his best work. What’s the story? Thomas Hardy first came here in 1870 as a young architect, to draw up plans for the restoration of the church. He fell...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis April 2010: A conversation with owner Robert Dudley-Cooke Most Cornish gardens suffered some damage this winter. How did Lamorran House escape almost unscathed? The garden has a remarkable microclimate, and our last serious...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Events
Raised beds terraced on a hillside at Trelyn. Photographs: Charles Francis July 2011: For hundreds of years, the people of Polmassick and the surrounding area would gather at the village grist mill to grind their corn. This month, the mill will once again be a meeting...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis February 2009: A conversation with head gardener Richard Morton What’s the history of the garden? The estate was purchased by Edward Bolitho in the 1830s, and by the 1880s, it was mentioned in horticultural journals as having an...
