Bosue Vineyard
Winemaker Paul Sibley likes to describe St Ewe as the vineyard capital of Cornwall. “We’re the only Cornish parish to have two vineyards – and probably the only parish in the country,” he says with a smile.
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A Cornish Chelsea Flower Show garden
Beneath a canopy of mature elms, foxgloves and campions sprawl among monolithic stones. This looks like a garden dating back decades, which has been left to go wild in a post-industrial landscape – yet it only began to take shape at the beginning of 2015, in a shed on a Cornish farm.
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Darren Hawkes’ designs
“Garden design is all about creating spaces which are interesting, exciting, fresh and harmonious for people to move through and live in,” says Darren Hawkes, who is giving this historic Fowey garden a 21st century twist.
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Forest Garden
All summer long, the young medlar tree in the Forest Garden at Budock Water was a glossy mass of emerald leaves – and after such a good start in life, it looks set to produce fruit in a year’s time.
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Hayle Railway Garden
Beyond the westbound platform at Hayle Station is a hidden garden. Screened by ivy, honeysuckle and hawthorn, it is a haven for wildlife and a magical space for families who come to stay in the vintage railway carriage stationed at the garden’s entrance.
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Headland Hotel
Many gardeners feel they can relax in August – but Paul Willetts has more than 30 gardens to look after, and at this time of year they all need to look their best. The gardens belong to the holiday cottages in the grounds of Newquay’s Headland Hotel, which is welcoming many hundreds of holidaymakers this month.
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Minack Theatre
It was an extraordinary idea: a theatre under the stars, carved from rugged cliffs with a sheer drop to the sea. Yet less than a year after work began on this challenging site high above Porthcurno Beach, the Minack Theatre was staging its first production and enchanting its first audience.
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Porthminster Kitchen Garden
There are Jerusalem artichokes growing above the beach, along with rhubarb and raspberries, sorrel and chop suey greens. This is the Porthminster kitchen garden, created on a sloping patch of wasteground between award-winning Porthminster Beach Cafe and the South West coast path.
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Railway gardens
Railway gardens full of flowers was once the pride and joy of many a rural stationmaster – but the days when rail staff had time to plant and care for flower beds vanished with the age of steam.
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Tresamble Trading
When spring sun and rain bring lush, rampant growth back to hibernating gardens, many a novice gardener is tempted to splash out on a set of shiny new tools. But old hands know that old tools are better.
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