by cornishgardens | Nov 14, 2023 | Garden Stories
Photograph: Charles Francis Moyclare May 2008: A conversation with owner Elizabeth Henslowe How did an Irish garden come to be created in Liskeard? My aunt and uncle, Moira and Louis Reid, came over from Ireland when they were married in 1927, and brought...
by cornishgardens | Nov 14, 2023 | Garden Stories
On a wild, exposed site between Penzance and Helston is a garden full of colour and scent Photographs: Charles Francis July 2012: A conversation with owner Vicki Marshall You’re known as The Garden Lady — but how did you come to create a garden on the...
by cornishgardens | Nov 14, 2023 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis February 2016: A conversation with head gardener Iain Davies Twenty-five years ago. Heligan welcomed its first visitors following the restoration of the Lost Gardens. How did you hear about this very special place? I was...
by cornishgardens | Jul 17, 2018 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis Tremenheere October 2015: A conversation with owner Neil Armstrong It is three years since Tremenheere opened to the public. How has the garden evolved since then? There has always been a contrast between the hot, sunny...
by cornishgardens | Jul 17, 2018 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis Queen Mary Gardens November 2012: A conversation with Donald Martin, public spaces officer at Cornwall Council, and Simon Penna, landscape contracts manager at council contractor Cormac Solutions Queen Mary Gardens opened to...
by cornishgardens | Jul 17, 2018 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis Port Eliot June 2012: A conversation with owner the Earl of St Germans, and head gardener Michael Warr What is your vision for the garden? Earl of St Germans: When you walk around the garden, you see very little of the touch...
