by cornishgardens | Nov 14, 2023 | 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 | 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...
by cornishgardens | Jul 4, 2018 | People
Photographs: Charles Francis June 2016: One sunny day, a little girl was enchanted by a field of blue flowers. More than 30 years later, garden designer Selma Klophaus vividly remembers the blissful experience of sitting in the blue field on her uncle’s farm in...
