by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis December 2011: A conversation with head gardener Dave Bouch Every year, visitors to Cotehele in December can see a 60-foot garland of dried flowers, all grown in the garden. What’s the story behind it? It’s quite a recent tradition,...
by cornishgardens | Jul 4, 2018 | Plants
Photographs: Charles Francis December 2016: There will be much carousing and banging of drums in the orchards at Cotehele seven days before Christmas. This traditional wassail ceremony is all about encouraging the trees to produce a good crop of apples next...