by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Environment
Photographs: Charles Francis October 2011: A large truck laden with logs, leaves and grass cuttings is approaching the weighbridge at Splattenridden Farm, home of the Green Waste Company. Earlier this morning, the greenery was gathered from properties in Penzance as...
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 | Jul 9, 2018 | Environment
Photographs: Charles Francis May 2012: Over the centuries, many of Cornwall’s ancient woodlands have vanished — yet bluebells and wood sorrel which thrived beneath the trees long ago still survive in Cornish hedges, along with blackthorn, gorse,...
by cornishgardens | Jun 25, 2018 | Environment
Photographs: Charles Francis November 2017: A broadleaved woodland at the Trewithen Estate was in fine shape until it was destroyed by a gang of grey squirrels, not much more than a decade after it was planted. The loss of the wood, which covered almost four...
by cornishgardens | Jun 14, 2018 | Environment
Photographs: Charles Francis November 2008: Masses of yellow and crimson flowers, from a succulent known affectionately in Cornwall as “Sally-me-ansum”, stage a spectacular springtime show when they carpet the cliffs close to Lizard Point. And at the height of...
