Following fast on the heels of day one, comes Cornwall Day 2, actually posted on the day this time!
After a traditional full English cooked breakfast (well you have to spoil yourself on holiday!) we headed over to Hayle Plants. Another visit to a nursery we have blogged about in the past which has now fully settled into its new site just outside Hayle. Jane accompanied by her faithful dog, Rooney gave us the guided tour of the various glasshouses, and we were tempted by any number of interesting and unusual succulents, ferns, arids and others. We chose a fairly modest selection of plants, although intend to pop back anther day and choose a few more.
Today we decided to have a change from plants and gardens (well almost) and went along to the picturesque town of Saint Ives. We have stayed in the town a number of times over the years but realised we hadn't visited in nearly three years, so with the sun out we thought today would be a great day to visit.
I did say "almost" a change from plants and gardens as we visited the Barbara Hepworth Garden. For those who don't know Hepworth was a British sculptor who sadly died in a fire in 1975 at the age of 72.
Although we have visited this garden previously It has never featured on the blog before. These photos are very much a taster and a fuller post will appear in due course.
Back to non-gardening activities and we finally made a visit to Tate St Ives. When we have stayed in St Ives previously a visit to the Tate Gallery had always eluded us as we managed to select the week when the rehang the gallery ahead of the summer season.
I hope the gratuitous architecture shots do not seem too out of place in gardening blog!
The rest of the day was spent soaking up the atmosphere and warmth of the sun!
We haven't yet decided what we are up to tomorrow, but stick around to find out!
Gaz :)
After a traditional full English cooked breakfast (well you have to spoil yourself on holiday!) we headed over to Hayle Plants. Another visit to a nursery we have blogged about in the past which has now fully settled into its new site just outside Hayle. Jane accompanied by her faithful dog, Rooney gave us the guided tour of the various glasshouses, and we were tempted by any number of interesting and unusual succulents, ferns, arids and others. We chose a fairly modest selection of plants, although intend to pop back anther day and choose a few more.
Today we decided to have a change from plants and gardens (well almost) and went along to the picturesque town of Saint Ives. We have stayed in the town a number of times over the years but realised we hadn't visited in nearly three years, so with the sun out we thought today would be a great day to visit.
I did say "almost" a change from plants and gardens as we visited the Barbara Hepworth Garden. For those who don't know Hepworth was a British sculptor who sadly died in a fire in 1975 at the age of 72.
Although we have visited this garden previously It has never featured on the blog before. These photos are very much a taster and a fuller post will appear in due course.
Back to non-gardening activities and we finally made a visit to Tate St Ives. When we have stayed in St Ives previously a visit to the Tate Gallery had always eluded us as we managed to select the week when the rehang the gallery ahead of the summer season.
The rest of the day was spent soaking up the atmosphere and warmth of the sun!
We haven't yet decided what we are up to tomorrow, but stick around to find out!
Gaz :)
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Beautiful! Plants, architecture, art and beaches--is there are better combination? Well, OK, throw in a nice cup of latte in the afternoon and a bottle of wine at the end of the day :-).
ReplyDeletehayle plants looks fantastic; maybe a little visit when the old man of the sea retires. reminds me of a wonderful week in the fertile countryside of andalucia! sadly not a fan of hepworth but the tate is sublime.
DeleteGerhard, the atmosphere in St Ives that day was amazing, boheme and cheerful, the good life :)
DeleteBernadette, Hayle Plants is definitely worth a visit. The architecture of the Tate St Ives is gorgeous!
You are so kind to take the time to share your holiday adventures with all of us.
ReplyDeleteA pleasure Ricki, quite relaxing to blog a bit in the evening :)
DeleteYou've got outstanding weather for it.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to diversify a bit with a blog, I say. Gardens and architecture make good bedfellows.
All those aeoniums!
Indeed :)
DeleteMight go rainy by the latter part of the week though!
Being away all day on jury duty I've just caught up on day 1 and day 2...so glad you guys are getting away on a vacation, and how kind of you to take us along. I've always wanted to blog in real time but never really had the energy for it.
ReplyDeleteJury Duty...hopefully it's not too demanding. Quite relaxing to blog a bit in the evenings. Not always feasible to blog whilst on holiday, just so happened its convenient to do so this time.
DeleteYou'd love it here as you yourself perhaps can imagine. The planting and gardens are mostly to your heart :)
Gardens, sculpture, art museum and a little time on the beach = great day! Enjoy your holiday. Jeannine
ReplyDeletePerfect combo indeed Jeannine!
DeleteLove expanses of plants laid out like this. If I had space I'd grow them for sale for that very reason. We have fierce seagull problems where I live too.
ReplyDeleteOh to have all that space to play with would be a dream come true :)
DeleteWhat a fabulous vacation! Oh, I long to see the beach, feel the warm sand, and the spray of salt water. The art and architecture are wonderful. I absolutely loved the sculptures! That looks like a beautiful garden. I like seeing sculptures in gardens much more than in museums.
ReplyDeleteBarbara Hepworths garden is relatively small but the planting and layout is lovely, a very relaxing garden :) hope you get to visit the seaside soon too!
DeleteGaz, wow, what a nice nursery again! I don't think that we have nurseries like that in San Diego, so jealous! Saint Ives looks like a very lovely quaint town, well worth the visit. The garden of the sculptor is amazing! Art and plants enhance each other so much, when the combinations are right. In this one the match is masterfully done!
ReplyDeleteChristina
It is indeed Christina! A lovely combo :)
DeleteThanks for the taster guys,we are off to Mousehole for a week on Friday.We will be spending time in St Ives visiting the Tate and Barbara Hepworth Museum, Trengwainton and Tremeneere gardens.We are restricted by the lack of a car so no visits to nurserys.Hope the weather is as good as last weekend.
ReplyDeleteSound like a love itinerary Richard :) have a great time and hopefully the weather will be nice whilst you're here!
DeleteI am officially envious - wonderful nursery, and I still haven't made it to Tate St. Ives. Will really look forward to the Hepworth post too, I love her sculpture, it seems ideally suited to lush planting.
ReplyDeleteWow, I love that art museum. NO,it is not too out of place on a gardening blog. Cornwall must have the mildest climate in all of England to be growing such nice palms!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm catching up on your blog now that school is out and I have off for the summer. Cornwall looks like my kind of place.
David/:0)