The Duchy college

Every couple of months or so, a morning at the Duchy Horticultural college is arranged for Cornwall Blind Association.

I took my husband down there today for a session on planting hanging baskets.

The Nursery is a commercially run business growing plants for retail purposes. The students work here and gain experience not only in growing but also in marketing.

The campus is situated on the site of a former Ministry of Agriculture experimental horticultural station. Students come here to study animal management, veterinary studies, floristry, engineering and garden and landscape design.

It is deep in the heart of the country and every time I go there I take a wrong turning and end up travelling down lanes with no apparent ending. Beautiful primroses though!

I spoilt myself a little and used the time to go to a nearby hotel in Redruth for a coffee and a manicure. 

Two hours in Camborne would have been difficult to fill.

Best of all, we came home with a fully planted hanging basket full of petunias, geraniums, ivy, lobelia and other plants. That will take pride of place in the garden.