by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
It’s been a fantastic growing year at a Marazion family farm Billy Collins at Chy Vellan Farm October 2022: Harvest time in Mount’s Bay in the mid-20th century followed a traditional pattern. A horse-drawn binder would cut the corn, which was tied into sheaves...
by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
An organic garden close to Penzance offers courses and workshops for novice growers along with home-grown produce Support worker Nathan Surry at the Community Garden February 2020: Every Thursday morning, visitors to Penzance Country Market can buy organic vegetables,...
by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
Butterflies and other insects are making a bee line for a coastal market garden overlooking a quiet cove near Marazion September 2020: Rabbits are not keen on chard – which is just as well, as it is one of the crops growing in a new market garden in a spectacular...
by cornishgardens | May 16, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis July 2014: The Tregoniggie Titan is a giant among trees: a magnificent ash with a massive base which measures more than 15 feet. Believed to be around 400 years old, it is one of only a small number of ancient trees identified in...
by cornishgardens | May 16, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis February 2014: The lone cherry tree which stands in the centre of Strawberry Hill Orchard was planted just a few months ago — but it is a living reminder of the days when the sunny slopes of the Tamar Valley were filled with...
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...
