by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photograph: Charles Francis November 2013: A conversation with owner Mark Harris It is 13 years since Potager started to take shape in a derelict market garden. How did you become involved in the project? I had done a boatbuilding course in Falmouth, and rented...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Environment
Photographs: Charles Francis April 2010: A thick layer of ice covered the ponds at Trewithen, as the estate’s gardeners braved the winter chill to clear the snow which had blanketed paths and squashed shrubs. It was January 7, and the temperature in the gardens was...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photograph: Charles Francis September 2008: A conversation with owners Dan Thomas, gardener, and Peter Skerrett, artist What’s the story behind the garden? Dan: It was agricultural land which was turned into a market garden in the 1950s, and became a nursery in...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis March 2017: A conversation with Jacqui Owen, community engagement officer for Falmouth Town Council and Cormac Solutions, and gardeners Howard Burns and Matt Stannard Fox Rosehill is not well known, despite its location close to the...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
January 2011: A conversation with gardener Josephine Stewart This is a garden with a long and illustrious history. What’s the story? Fox Rosehill was created by the Fox family — who were Quakers here in Falmouth — after they established a shipping agency in the...
