OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER

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Hello and welcome to our annual newsletter. As the snow is thawing and we are enjoying some spring sunshine we thought we would send you an update of the exciting projects we are  involved with. We have lots of plans for the year ahead including celebrating our 20th anniversary whilst working hard to manage and maintain… Read more »


WINTER UPDATE

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Happy new year! Here’s a news update for you, with just some of our highlights from the past few months. Our Feast Night at Knightor Winery went very well and it was a great night for everyone involved. We raised some valuable funds and our guys did a fantastic job with the cooking and serving – what… Read more »


NEWS UPDATE – JANUARY 2016

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! We’re still harvesting our veg at Watering Lane Nursery – pictured above is our latest delivery, off to the Lost Gardens of Heligan. NEW FRUIT CAGE CROWDFUNDER APPEAL At the moment we have some lovely redcurrant bushes in our field, unfortunately the bird population of Watering Lane finds these lovely too! As a… Read more »


Tomato growing system

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We have just set up a purpose built tomato growing area, with the capability to grow approximately 350 plants at a time. This has been partly funded by The Cornish Ketchup Company, through a £500 donation. It has involved us setting up a suitable structure in our greenhouse able support such a large number of… Read more »


It’s summer!

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Summer’s here, which can only mean one thing. Cricket! We’ve been practicing cricket at every opportunity in readiness for our annual match against The Eden Project.   Of course we’ve been busy gardening too…. Look at our gorgeous heritage rainbow carrots, which can be found in our veg bags.   We’ve pots (and boots) full… Read more »


Spring has sprung

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Look what’s growing in our polytunnels! The next batch of Cornish Ketchup tomatoes are coming on nicely too….    


Cricket, tomatoes and a visit from Downs Side Up

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As usual it’s been extremely busy at the nursery recently. We had a lovely day with Hayley, Mia and Natty from Downs Side Up. They all really enjoyed being down at the nursery and having a go at planting and picking the tomatoes.  You can read Hayley’s blog about their day here. Everything at the… Read more »


Fun in the sun

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What a busy time we’ve had recently. June is our busiest month of the year and we have a lot to do with not enough time or people to do it in. If you fancy a bit of planting in our field and have some spare time please let us know and come along and… Read more »


Cornish Ketchup – Part I

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We’re thrilled to be growing tomatoes for the first ever batch of Cornish Ketchup, a new product due to be launched this summer. It’s really exciting to be part of this project. We have been asked to grow 500kg of tomatoes at the nursery to make 1,000 bottles.  As you can see from the photos… Read more »