News
15th April 2008 - A Host of Colour at Eden's Bulb Mania
For the past four months a display of Fentongollan's finest daffodils have been supporting the 2008 Bulb Mania festival at the Eden Project. Visitors to the attraction have had the chance to admire some 35 different varieties grown on the farm which have included some new and unusual varieties. Passers by were full of questions about planning and planting their own daffodil displays and were keen to find out more about the daffodil industry in the region.
Jim Hosking who headed up and maintained the display said " it has been particularly good this season, the cool weather has kept the daffodils fresh and they have lasted right up and through the tulip season, a great compliment to Eden's magnificent display"
A extensive collection of Fentongollan's daffodil bulbs will be available to purchase from the Eden shop from September onwards and Fentogollan hopes to be back at Bulb Mania again next year with an even bigger and better display.
10th April 2008 - Fentongollan Launches Vegetable Seedlings for Gardeners
Knowing it can be time consuming and risky sowing your own vegetable plants from seed, Fentongollan Farm near Truro have recently launched a range of professionally grown vegetable seedlings for gardeners. Using 50 years experience of growing vegetable plants for farmers in the south-west they have put together some special plant collections for greenhouses, vegetable gardens and small holdings. As well as the basics these collections include some unusual squash varieties, Italian sweet peppers, Pak Choi and Romanesco cauliflowers.
Plant Raiser Jeremy Hosking said, “As a keen gardener myself there is nothing more rewarding than growing vegetables in your own back garden, but sometimes all that digging, sowing and planting can produce some rather disappointing results. These professionally grown, hardy little plants are ideal for seasoned gardeners and novices and have been selected from many hundreds of varieties for their strength, taste and vigour.”
The farm stocks an extensive range of pick and mix vegetable plants including some of the best commercial varieties available today. You might be tempted to try out some of their more unusual varieties such as 'tendergreen broccoli'.
All their plants are fully hardened off before dispatch and are sent in special breathable packaging which lets them keep for up to a week before planting them out. Order your free catalogue here.
6th April 2008 – Fentongollan scoops Gold Award at Boconnoc Show
Jim Hosking and three generations of his family attended the Cornwall Garden Society Show this week where their splendid display of over 50 varieties of locally grown daffodils won a gold award.
Many members of the public who attend the show were seen clutching large bunches of Fentongollan Daffodils as they wondered amongst the many stalls and displays of Cornish horticulture.
Jim later said “we were very proud to receive this award especially considering the high standard of displays this year, Boconnoc is one of our favourite events during the year and it is great to be here with my daughter and grand daughter”
1st April 2008 - New Vegetable Plant Catalogue available now!
Fentongollan has just launched a new catalogue of vegetable seedlings especially developed for gardeners and small-holders. Having grown vegetable seedlings for the horticultural industry in the west-country for the past 50 years they have selected the best crop from many thousands of varieties to suit small-scale kitchen gardens and allotments. Choose from a range of plant collections which include the ‘Greenhouse Collection’ the ‘Children’s Collection’ and the Summer and Winter Plant Collections. The catalogue contains plenty of vegetable patch essentials plus some more unusual varieties to brighten up your back garden. Request your free copy here.
17th February 2008 – Fentongollan on BBC One’s Country File
With the Valentines Day just past and Easter looming the focus has very much been on locally grown spring flowers. Heated debate surrounds issues of flowers imported from South Africa and Kenya to feed the UK cut flower market, where domestic growers currently make up for only 10% of sales. With more and more customers demanding good quality locally grown produce the emphasis was again on Cornish horticulture, and this time it featured Fentongollan’s Daffodils.
James later said “ It was a great honour to host the Country File team at the farm, luckily the sun was shining and our daffodils fields were looking their very best – a great advert for Cornish daffodils”
13th June 2006– HRH the Prince of Wales visits Fentongollan.
Earlier this year we were honoured to have HRH the Prince of Wales visit us at Fentongollan. To mark this special occasion, Fentongollan and the bulb growers of Cornwall named a new variety of Daffodil in the Duchess of Cornwall’s honour, ‘Narcissi Camilla Duchess of Cornwall’, a framed picture of which was presented to Prince Charles on the day.
The new variety is a striking colour combination of pink and white, it is without doubt one of the most beautiful varieties bred in Cornwall and is now available to buy online, here in the Fentongollan bulb shop.
Food and Farming Industry Awards, House of Commons, November 2005.
We were very proud to to win the 'Progressive Farmer of the Year' award
and were runners up for the 'Farm Business Of The Year' award.