Summer speeds towards autumn and the metamorphosis of the year …
Below the village the waves now race onto the beach. After so many weeks of gently rippling seas, their sudden energy is a quiet reminder that the autumn equinox is on its way.
cornish garden
Life in the heatwave
This year’s heat wave has brought a twofold new appreciation of both the delicious prospect of visiting Perranuthnoe’s sandy beach to swim and the cool shady depths of the garden.
Seasons of summer
The dizzying May days as the Echiums shoot skyward almost overnight, to give a hint of the cypresses of Italy and lend new emphasises to the garden landscape.
Quiet reflective moments stolen from the day …
Hello Spring!
It’s time to say hello to spring and wave winter a not too sentimental goodbye. March brings the meteorological spring, which may be semi-detached from the spring equinox but it arrives first so I’ll take it!
Three faces of winter
The three faces of winter have shown their spirit this January. This month we’ve travelled from soft snow feathering through the gardens, to the fierce Storm Goretti that battered the country. Yet as we cleared the storm debris from the garden, spring was quietly arriving, with fresh new shoots and deliciously warm sunshine.
Farewell September
Farewell September. Each day has been cherished in your company. It always seems to me that September always brings a special peace in the garden, yet there’s still the delicious echo of summertime underneath clear blue skies.
June – the dizzying dream of Midsummer
Mid summer has arrived, bringing endlessly long days, that stretch into the balmy night air.
Ednovean’s garden’s characteristic combination of formal topiary, sub tropical palms and grasses are now combined with wild flowers to herald the summer days.
A very Happy Easter to you
A very Happy Easter to you! Goodness – hardly feels any time at all since I wished you a Happy Christmas! The arrival of Easter so soon after Christmas, was something I always found puzzling as a child – although of course I coped with the Easter Eggs!
Wintering! Living with the seasons
We’re wintering at Ednovean Farm at the moment. Quietly navigating the passage through the winter days in slow living. These days spent finding a comfortable joy in the small changes that mark the seasons – perhaps perfectly described as Wintering.
A year in The Ednovean Farm Gardens
To spend a year in the Gardens of Ednovean Farm is to take a journey through the seasons. Each year it’ll be an infinitely changeable journey of course. However, ultimately that will be the reward in itself.