A garden habitat established to attract wildlife will be the finale for the Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Open Gardens scheme this year.
The garden at South Bosent, Dobwalls, will be open on Sunday (September 1) from 2.00pm to 5.00pm.
Admission is £5 per adult, with under 16s free. Cream teas and beverages will be provided by Roddas, Berrymans and Cornish Coffee and served on the large terrace area outside the farmhouse kitchen - and there will be plants for sale. Dogs on leads are allowed and there is limited disabled access.
Adding to the attractions will be a moth display and Cornish scything demonstrations.
Isabella Hawkes, community fundraising officer for the Trust, said: ’We love the idea of a garden that is adopted by wildlife and we are sure the public will too.
’This is a very appropriate garden to have as the final garden in our 2019 season and it just shows how varied gardens in Cornwall can be. We are so grateful to all those that have taken part in our Open Gardens Event; the money it has raised will go towards our work with Cornwall’s wildlife.’
The old farmhouse at South Bosent and about nine acres of land were bought around six years ago with the express idea of creating an interesting garden which would attract wildlife, alongside a small plant nursery. It was a case of seeing which wildlife would adopt the garden as their home, and already it has attracted birds, insects, butterflies, moths and bats.