Ah the blousy days of summer – those hot July days that fades into long summer evening. July’s days so full of promises and long forgotten dreams that you hope they will go on for ever.
Gardens to visit in Cornwall
June garden diary
June has marked the capricious zenith of summer in the garden at Ednovean Farm – it has been a month in which we have swung from gales to heat waves – until the summer solstice that arrived almost as a surprise. This month the magnificent Echiums that so intrigue our garden loving Bed and Breakfast […]
Glorious May in the garden
The glorious month of May and nature has woven a silken thread thorough the garden spontaneous reclaiming the carefully planned spaces with flamboyant mischievously places flowers as though she chose to sprinkle a little fairy dust across the landscape. The sea has never glowed as blue as it has this May, to make a perfect […]
A visit to the St Michael’s Mount gardens
Explore the wonderful sub tropcal gardens on St Michael’s Mount where paths twist and turn along the dizzying rock face to the tranquil walled gardens
Reflections upon April in the Garden
It seems almost too late to reflect upon April in the garden now, as the season speeds through at a dizzying pace. The last of the narcissi that I photographed at the beginning of the month, are but a distant memory, as the apple blossom forms a delicate pale pink froth over the once bare […]
Spring flies and garden dreams – the garden in March
Follow the development of the Ednovean Farm Gardens. This month two garden rooms start to take shape.
Our February garden, stealing a march on summer
The Italian Gaden was prepared for filming this month
Spring stirs in my winter garden
January 2017 Winter brings the white flash of a seagull’s wing against leaden skies and yet in the garden, spring is starting to stir as it comes back to life. The first bright Soleil d’Or Narcissi have burst into flower at Ednovean Farm in the wild garden with new ranks of Daffodil shoots pushing up […]
November – the autumn garden gently fades to winter
November has seen our garden at Ednovean Farm fade gently into the gentle golds and russets of autumn and then slide towards to the stillness of winter, as we travelled through the month. And yet there have been some compensations for the autumn days – the drive into Penzance has been lovely along a road […]
My October garden – the season’s ticking clock
As I watch the garden mellow this month into the subtle shades of autumn, I can almost hear the ticking clock of the season – louder now with the change in the hour this weekend. But we are lucky here at Ednovean Farm that the garden remains vibrant, with the big clumps of Pampas grasses […]