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A Mediterranean Garden Diary from Cornwall

July 30, 2018

Mediterranean style Olive Trees - July garden Ednovean Farm

July brought us a Mediterranean summer that will live in our memories for many years to come and the garden has flourished, revelling in the warmth that stretched into the dusk.

The garden produced the vibrant, hot colours of summer in step with the weather and the warm dry air held the very scent of the Mediterranean from the herbs, Fennel and Lavenders.

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July’s heat wave gave us a taste of life in the Mediterranean in the Garden

A Mediterranean summer in Cornwall - Terracotta pots in sunny courtyard
Agaves, succulents and topiary in contrasting terracotta pots in a courtyard garden

Some days were just too hot to even think of working in the gardens at Ednovean Farm and then we walked down to a local cove to find the cooling sea breezes and swim before returning to perform the nightly ritual of watering the pots.


Sizzling colours and Palm trees for this July’s photo album

The sizzling colours of the summer flowers matched our days exactly –gone were the discrete ordered displays of early summer to be replaced by rampant, exuberant,  “vulgar, vulgar, vulgar” and you’ve got to love this impetuous season for that too.

Red Day lillies - sizzling summer colours
yellow aloe spikes - summer garden
Hot summer colours in the garden
View across garden to the sea
Formal hedge and Day lillies
Contrasting leaves as the garden grows lush
Pagoda firepit and lush plants - July Garden
Lush July garden - heatwave
- courtyard Ednovean Farm - Formal box and Date palms


Finding shady corners in the garden suddenly became important in the heatwave this July

This summer it was certainly a time to think about finding the shady corners in the garden, as well as the much loved “heat traps” that give us a delightful taste of early summer days to savour.

Shaded Bench in formal garden
Welcoming shade


July the constant Summer

Each day dawned with clear blue skies and each day the temperature gauge climbed to dizzying heights – what a summer we had until we had almost forgotten what a Cornish summer should feel like.

Granite Garden seat
The gardens loved the mediterranean heat – notice there is till some damage growing out from the “beast” this spring
Lawns flanked by Golden Oat Grass and Cordylines - Ednovean farm
The lawns soon picked up after their Mediterranean holiday


The scent of summer

lavandula-angustifolia-edelweiss - romantic lavender
Lavandula angustifolia eidelweiss

The scents that filled our garden this summer came from the Fennel, Rosemary and Lavenders and the lawn retired from view, crisp and hay like underfoot and the lawn mower took a well earned rest for a few weeks.


The Vegetable plot

Vegetables growing in pots under old stone wall

Our potted vegetable garden has kept us interested this year, supplying a never ending stream of courgettes. There is something very satisfying in picking a glossy healthy vegetable ready to cook for supper!

Courgette Gratin with colorful salad
Courgette Gratin

 


The return of the scent of the sea

Grass seed heads with urns
As the first wisps of clouds arrived the Gardens moved on almost with a sigh to produce the grasses
contented cat on sunny window ledge

Finally as July drew to a close, a wisp of mist appeared and the scent of the sea returned to the air. The winds turned once more to our cornish garden. You know, in a strange way I found had missed the changing weather and the salty scent of the sea!

There was a half forgotten joy in leaving the first trail of footprints in the dew again after the dry arid days but what a memory we have for our summer Garden Diary of a taste of life in the Med!

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About Christine Taylor

Christine has written a weekly blog about life at Ednovean Farm and interesting places to visit in West Cornwall for over ten years now, concentrating on those off the beaten track places that only the locals find.

Charles and Christine Taylor have hosted Luxury Bed and Breakfast at Ednovean Farm Nr Penzance in West Cornwall since 1991 and live there with three cats and five horses, including a Spanish Stallion called Danni.

Ednovean Farm has been awarded AA five star gold for Bed and breakfast and is included in The Michelin Guide and The Alastair Sawday Guide .

The Farmhouse and gardens has been featured in BBC Homes and Antiques, Homes and Gardens. Period Living and 25 Beautiful Homes as well as being used as a film and photo shoot location.

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