J.C. Williams – By the Rt Rev J W Hunkin, Bishop of Truro

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J.C. Williams J.C. Williams By the Rt Rev J W Hunkin, Bishop of Truro J C Williams was a very private man and the following article was written as an obituary  by the Rt Rev J W Hunkin who was an entusiastic amateur gardener and friend. John Charles Williams was born...

J.C. Williams – An Enthusiast by F.J. Williams

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J.C. Williams J.C. Williams An Enthusiast – by F.J. Williams [Presidential Address to Royal Institute of Cornwall, November 1998]This talk will inevitably cover too much in a superficial way, but it is primarily an attempt to assess the contribution made by...

Meet the Head Gardeners

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Head Gardeners Meet the Head Gardeners Conducted tours around the gardens at Caerhays will be led by:-Head Gardener – Jaimie Parsons Jaimie is only the fourth head gardener at Caerhays since 1896. Although Jaimie’s family had been associated with the Caerhays...

J.C. Williams – An Enthusiast by F.J. Williams, page 2

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J.C. Williams J.C. Williams An Enthusiast – by F.J. Williams – Page 2 The new hybrids were extremely floriferous, thrived out-of-doors and had generally the added advantage of shedding their blooms when the flowering season was over: some japonica...

Garden History

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Garden History Garden History Caerhays is a woodland garden covering the whole of Castle Wood and now extending on into Kennel Close Wood, Forty Acres Wood and Old Park. With recent clearings and new plantings there are well over 140 acres of garden tended by a team...