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Our June garden – a summer romance

June 29, 2020

The June garden is full of nostalgic romance

What a summer romance the garden has to offer now. From the bees buzz lazily in the borders, to the days that stretch on seemingly forever, to the delicious moments of the golden hour.

Atmospheric cottage garden topiary

There is a certain romance about the June garden; an indefinable atmosphere of triumph as the garden fulfils the promise of the summer days.

Creating an romantic atmosphere in the garden

romantic garden gateway

This month the garden has tantalisingly offered a wonderful romantic, nostalgic atmosphere, all of its own. And I’ve crept out at dawn and dusk to attempt to capture the light of the golden hour – that headily charged, magic gateway, to the summer day.

Atmospheric garden - hydrangea and bespoke iron work

What gives a garden that indefinable word “atmosphere”? The style of planting of course as it reflects the light and shade. That overworked word “A sense of place” – that allows the garden to harmonise with the landscape.

Carefully chosen reclaimed materials for a garden path

The juxtaposition of terracotta pots, wood and metal – the choices we make all reflect in the atmosphere of the garden.
Searching out reclaimed materials such as the granite sets used for this path or commissioning a one off blacksmith made gate, all help to ground a garden in place.
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This June in our garden at Ednovean Farm.

So join me this month for another look around the Ednovean Farm gardens

romantic nostalgic garden courtyard - Ednovean Farm
Our granite home revels in the nostalgia of blousy white hydrangeas
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This month in the Ednovean Farm garden the old fashioned hydrangeas have worked a magic spell upon the courtyards. They have glowed in soft romantic white blooms, giving depth to courtyard vistas or warmly framed gateways in richer hues to entice and welcome our soon to return guests.

Echiums in the sub tropical gardens of Ednovean Farm
The echiums that were so spectacular in our May Garden have started to fade now
June brings roses of course and the nostalgic scent of Albert-tine to the courtyards
Evening in The project garden, where the table lives that I showed you in our lock down projects


The box in the parterre

  • The main parterre
  • Cutting the box
Cutting the box parterre in the Ednovean Farm Courtyard

This month we’ve started to cut the box, in accordance with the long held tradition, that box should be cut around Derby day. I stopped at regular intervals to spritz the hedge cutter with bleach in the hope of controlling the box blight and finally sprayed the little hedges with Top Buxus. Fingers crossed!

Revisiting the Olive Trees

A Moody atmosphere under teh Olive Trees
The final daffodil leaves have been cleared and the wild flowers have faded. I’ve spread cow parsley seeds under the olive trees ready for next spring

And with our recent furlough from Bed and Breakfast we’ve revisited the olive trees beyond the Italian Garden too. They’ve grown into sturdy trees over the intervening years.

Each of the four trees has developed its own “personality” since they were planted nineteen years ago, for our tenth wedding anniversary.

Urns flanking the Italian Garden entrance at Ednovean Farm
We chose tough privet for the Italian Garden as it was already surviving here just above the sea!

The original idea was that they would wave in the distance beyond the Italian Garden, to give a feeling of the Mediterranean. Alas the rapidly growing privet hedges have given them healthy competition for this mission statement!

The romantic June garden at Ednovean Farm
The winds this month have scattered the palm leaves


The potager

New potatoes being harvested in the potager

June has brought the first produce from the potager and the first intrepid rabbits to scale the outer wire mesh and then penetrate the netting to feast on salad leaves. I think I’m beginning to sympathise with Mr Mc Gregor of Peter Rabbit fame!

Beautiful courgette flower

But this week we too have sample the first salad leaves and tasted the first new potatoes so all is well in the world.

Looking forward to July in our garden at Ednovean Farm

As July approaches the Agapanthus are so tantalisingly close to flowering now. Soon their huge blue pompoms will return to soften the terraces. They’ve formed spreading colonies, which have stolen space in any dry sharply drained conditions available. So the summer garden romance goes on and I must be careful where I tread!

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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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