by cornishgardens | Jul 4, 2018 | Gardens
Photographs: Charles Francis October 2016: The giant granite press in the tool shed at Penrose is a tangible reminder of centuries of apple-growing in the fields around Helston. It is a heavy piece of kit. “We don’t know how the press was brought in. Maybe it...
by cornishgardens | Jul 4, 2018 | Gardens
Photographs: Charles Francis September 2017: Subtropical plants have flourished in the sunshine and shelter of Tresco Abbey Garden for well over a century — but 30 years ago, the island paradise suffered catastrophic damage when ferocious winds battered...
by cornishgardens | Jul 4, 2018 | Gardens
Photographs: Charles Francis October 2017: There were sweeping lawns at Talland House, an orchard and a kitchen garden, a fountain, cascades and ponds. It was at this enchanting place, with its spectacular outlook over St Ives Bay to Godrevy Lighthouse, that...
by cornishgardens | Jun 20, 2018 | Gardens
Photographs: Charles Francis August 2008: In the hills and valleys of Trebah, dozens of exotic trees are taking root among giant, much-loved ones which were once as small as the newcomers are now. Twenty-one years after the garden first opened to the public,...
by cornishgardens | Jun 19, 2018 | Gardens
Photopgraphs: Charles Francis December 2008: “I have blundered into a Garden of Eden that cannot be described in pen or paint. There is a degree of beauty that flies so high that no net of words or snare of colour can hope to capture it, and of this order is...
