by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis November 2010: A conversation with head gardener Neil Bennett The Boscawen family have been living at Tregothnan since the 14th century. When does the garden date from? It is about 200 years old. The family have been...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis March 2012: A conversation with head gardener Gary Long Trewithen was awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide to the South West. What makes it so special? Trewithen is the family home of the Galsworthy family, and this...
by cornishgardens | Jul 6, 2018 | People
Photographs: Charles Francis June 2015: Spring is Tommy Teagle’s favourite season, and magnolias are his favourite plants — so there is nowhere he would rather be right now than Lanhydrock. The glorious 30-acre garden near Bodmin boasts an outstanding...
by cornishgardens | Jul 4, 2018 | Plants
Photographs: Charles Francis March 2016: The new year was just three days old when the first magnolias of the season burst into bloom at Caerhays Castle — almost two months ahead of their normal flowering time. Charles Williams, owner of the estate, described...