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 | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis November 2014: A conversation with head gardener Bill Price, gardener/groundsman/mechanic Bryan Pyecroft and gardener Richard Lane Tregenna Castle is one of Cornwall’s premier holiday destinations. How would you describe...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Environment
Photographs: Charles Francis April 2010: A thick layer of ice covered the ponds at Trewithen, as the estate’s gardeners braved the winter chill to clear the snow which had blanketed paths and squashed shrubs. It was January 7, and the temperature in the gardens was...
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,...
by cornishgardens | Jun 25, 2018 | People
Photographs: Charles Francis April 2017: There is no species of euphorbia named after Mozart — but a woman who visited Christopher Harvey Clark’s Hampshire garden several years ago may still be searching for this mythical variety. On the morning before he...
