One of the sloping beds
My previous article on Trengwainton covered the wider gardens and grounds as well as some historical background. Today I want to focus on the extensive walled gardens, built by previous owner, Rose Price. This is said to follow the dimensions of Noah’s Ark- though why, I’m not sure.
It also seems to have been created as a response to the period of persistently cooler weather known as the ‘Maunder Minimum’ (or otherwise known as the ‘prolonged sunspot minimum’). This period- starting in about 1645 and continuing to about 1715 – was when sunspots became exceedingly rare. The term was named after the 19th Century solar astronomer Edward D. Maunder who studied how sunspot latitudes changed with time. The Maunder Minimum coincided with the middle—and coldest part—of the ‘Little Ice Age’, during which Europe and North America were subjected to bitterly cold winters. recent research has established a causal link between low sunspot activity and cold winters.
The surrounding garden wall prevented warm air from escaping from the garden on cool nights, thereby allowing frost-sensitive fruit trees to survive, despite the cooling climate. The walled garden is also interesting for its use of sloping beds – orientated to take advantage of the sunny aspect and so aiding the warming of the soil and creating beneficial growing conditions.
Another sloping bed subject to weed control 
A grassed over sloping bed 
Veg protected by Puss in boots… 
Raised beds 
Container display 
Califorinian Poppies- a possible addition to the new front border 
Home made Comfrey Feed 
The cunning device 
2nd World War demonstration plot 
Pigeon scarer
Another sloping bed subject to weed control
A grassed over sloping bed
Veg protected by Puss in boots…
Raised beds
Container display
Califorinian Poppies- a possible addition to the new front border
Home made Comfrey Feed
The cunning device
2nd World War demonstration plot
Pigeon scarer
Old School Garden 