by cornishgardens | Apr 8, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photograph: Charles Francis April 2008: A conversation with owner Valerie Hadley What’s the history of Poldowrian? Some of the serpentine walls are prehistoric, and the remains of a Bronze Age roundhouse have been found. The site has been dated from 5000 BC. When we...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
Photographs: Charles Francis September 2009: A conversation with owners Charlie and Liz Pridham What’s the history of Roseland House and its garden? Charlie: Bits of the house probably date back to the 1600s, and there hadn’t been much done to it for 100 years...
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 | 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 December 2010: A conversation with landscape architect John Moreland The gardens at Tregenna Castle are less than 15 years old – but the estate has a long history. How much do you know about it? The house was built...
by cornishgardens | Apr 7, 2024 | Garden Stories
July 2010: A conversation with owner Sally Searle This is a place which inspired a great writer to produce some of his best work. What’s the story? Thomas Hardy first came here in 1870 as a young architect, to draw up plans for the restoration of the church. He fell...
