by cornishgardens | Apr 12, 2024 | Community
Photographs: Charles Francis May 2013: They say you can grow anything in Ludgvan. The picturesque West Cornwall village enjoys an enviable position at the heart of the Golden Mile, where a mild climate and extraordinarily fertile soil have combined to...
by cornishgardens | Jul 8, 2018 | Plants
Photographs: Charles Francis October 2014: The lichen-covered trees in the old orchards around Coombe Creek are laden with dark, damson-like fruit. Nick Coley gives one of the trees a good shake. You can’t hurry a Kea plum – but on this sunny August afternoon,...