by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis Trenarth May 2010: A conversation with owner Lucie Nottingham Trenarth’s first open day this year is on the evening of May 23. What made you decide to go for a 6pm opening? I’m hoping it will be like a giant party. There will be wine...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis June 2013: A conversation with marketing manager Lorna Tremayne and head gardener Mike Friend Cornwall Today readers have voted Heligan their favourite garden. Why do people love it so much? Lorna: People have such a strong...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis December 2008: A conversation with creative director Candy Smit and marketing manager Lorna Tremayne What makes Heligan a unique place to visit? Candy: When visitors come here, they are almost seeing life as it was 150 years ago....
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis January 2010: A conversation with owners Rob and Stella Hore What made you decide to create an oriental garden close to the coast of North Cornwall? Rob: When we lived in London, our space was limited, and we found that bonsai was an...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis July 2009: A conversation with owners Judith and Harvey Stephens How did you go about turning a smallholding into a garden? Judith: When we came here in 1985 there were no plants, just a couple of old apple trees. We’d had a farm...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis October 2010: A conversation with owner Tim Ellis The garden and nursery here are run on environmentally-friendly principles. Is this how you’ve always done things? Recycling is central to our whole ethos. We grow all our own plants,...
