by cornishgardens | Nov 29, 2023 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis June 2011: A conversation with owner Penny Black The glorious garden you and your husband Bob created at your previous home at Stithians was featured in the TV series Consuming Passions. What made you decide to leave it and start...
by cornishgardens | Nov 21, 2023 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis November 2010: A conversation with head gardener Neil Bennett The Boscawen family have been living at Tregothnan since the 14th century. When does the garden date from? It is about 200 years old. The family have been...
by cornishgardens | Nov 21, 2023 | 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 | Nov 21, 2023 | 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 | Nov 21, 2023 | 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 | Nov 18, 2023 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis April 2011: A conversation with head gardener Gavin Vague What is the history of the garden? It was laid out by Sir William Molesworth in the 1830s and 40s. We know there was a garden of note before, though we don’t know what it...
