April 2018 Irish trip ( Day 2)

…derelict stable blocks – this one at least still has a roof. stable blocks The wisteria pergola in the main formal garden. Would be superb in flower. wisteria It looks…

19th February

…work to put back slates blown off quite a few estate roofs for the maintenance team but, as far as I know yet, not one insurance claim to raise. You…

28th November

…gutters. early morning picture taken from the castle roof A similar picture of a circle of mushrooms taken from the roof. circle of mushrooms A large plant of Camellia sasanqua…

20th May

…Nursery vermin proof again after the second beech tree in five years smashed the fence completely. The laurel has been pruned back right around the edge. Higher Quarry Nursery Higher…

9th September

…youthful Tim Smit, Philip Macmillan-Browse and John Nelson (Heligan), Tony Hibbert (Trebah), Mike Nelhams (Tresco) and James Humphreys (Trewithen) present. Of these only James will be in both photographs for…

14th March

…– CHW Asia has started layering our rarer lapagerias in the greenhouse. This seems to be the only way of propagating these plants successfully. lapagerias James Williams from Tregullow sends…

11th September

…here. One used to house a water wheel for milling corn in the 1920’s an still serves as a grain store today despite the roof falling in.The main source of…

26th February

…last a still and sunny day!One of the new tanks to be installed in the nursery to capture roof water. tanks The new multi span tunnel is now covered but…

5th June

…angustifolium Euonymus wilsonii with a rather more impressive display of yellow flowers. Euonymus wilsonii Euonymus wilsonii Here are the two plants given to us by James Garnett and the botanic…

1st February

…the one shown here. There is also no brick chimney stack and absolutely no evidence of a fireplace within the small building itself. You can just see the roof of…