Tehidy Rose Garden Volunteers

Tehidy Rose Garden Volunteers We're a small group of volunteers who maintain Tehidy Rose Garden at Tehidy Country Park. All are welcome.

Our aim is to maintain the garden as a wildlife haven and to preserve the Basset heritage for future generations to enjoy.

09/09/2026

There's definitely worse places to spend a day volunteering ☺️
Pop along tomorrow and join us for a bit of woodland wellbeing.
👇Details in the comments👇

After 3 complete water changes in a year, and using 2 tubs of barley balls to treat the hair algae build up with...
12/08/2026



After 3 complete water changes in a year, and using 2 tubs of barley balls to treat the hair algae build up with weekly treatment, our pond is supporting insect life 🥰

You may spot Bernie, our lead volunteer cleaning the pond each week with a little net. Removing the hair algae blooms and any debris that falls into it. This keeps the pond from stagnating. The water is balancing out now and the plants are recycling any natural waste in the water

Our water lily is flowering. This is the third flower this tiny lily has produced but sadly the previous 2 had been ripped off. The lily's leaves (pads) act like landing pads for bugs who drink from the pond and can safely land without drowning in the water. The metal grid is to stop our deer from drinking the pond dry.
You will see shallow trays of water around the rose garden in this hot weather. Birds and small mammals and amphibians are in need of all the help they can get in this very persistent heat.

09/08/2026


🦋The amount of butterflies we're seeing this year is fantastic, a much needed rise in numbers but for how long?
I've spotted some less commonly seen butterflies and dozens of hummingbird hawk moths this month but only 1 peacock butterfly - that's not what I was expecting as we tend to have loads at the Rose Garden 🦋

Have you taken part in this year's big butterfly count? what was your most counted butterfly?
🦋🦋
Here's our little clip of a silver washed fritillary at the rangers station, Tree Folk Forest School , sorry it took so long! 🤗🦋

- Bernie -

A huge thank-you 🤗 to Asda in Hayle today for their bumper load of wasted off plants. Many are beyond salvagin...
08/08/2026


A huge thank-you 🤗 to Asda in Hayle today for their bumper load of wasted off plants. Many are beyond salvaging so will be composted, some will go back into our rose garden, some others onto other community and CIC sustainable local projects and some IF we are able to revive them but they're not suitable for our garden, we will sell to cover running costs of our project. The old pots will be cleaned and reused for potting on our home grown plants as they get bigger.
I only wish I had a bigger car as I had to leave loads behind!

Working with local businesses helps us fill in gaps in our ability to be self sustainable and helps us to preserve resources within our local community here in Cornwall.

I am absolutely blown away by how much gets wasted by other businesses who refuse to donate plants to local community initiatives when their plants have gone over. Its heartbreaking to catch glimpses of skips filled with viable resources out the back ready to be dumped 🥺

Cornwall Council Cormac We're very pleased with the wildlife we're spotting at the moment. Of course there's always ...
07/08/2026

Cornwall Council Cormac
We're very pleased with the wildlife we're spotting at the moment. Of course there's always more we can all do and many small steps by many people makes wildlife conservation work.

The efforts made the past few years are really paying off for butterflies in Cornwall. Across Southern Britain as a whole scientists documented by radar some 5 TRILLION insects including migratory butterflies in our skies 5 km up travelling to our shores from as far away as Africa.
As a butterfly buff myself I do hop from foot to foot when I hear these kind of stats! 🤓🥰

We are incredibly lucky to see so many clouded yellows and painted lady butterflies this year. Our meadow at Tehidy by North Cliffs (Rogue Theatre entrance) is absolutely buzzing with wildlife and gorgeous young skylarks have successfully fledged too taking advantage of the food on offer!

Toadie the Toad ( shh we know its not very imaginative!) has reappeared in his usual spot at the rose garden and so many dragon and damsel flies too. Lots of butterflies this week and 2 of these ( a clouded yellow and a silver washed fritillary! 😍)

Get out and enjoy the season before its gone🤗
🥰🐦🐸🦋🦎🐛🐝🌹🪷🌺

03/08/2026

*Updates so far.*
The current cliff and field fire along the North Cliffs between Gwithian and Portreath is close to the outer boundaries of ⁠Tehidy Country Park, specifically affecting the coastal edge areas near Basset's Cove.

Source- Facebook

Fire and Park Proximity
Location: The ⁠Cornwall Live report notes that the active fire and heavy smoke are localized to the open cliffs and fields along the B3301 stretch between Gwithian and Portreath.
Rogue Otherworld
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Impact: While the main inland woodland areas and paths of Tehidy Country Park sit slightly back from the immediate cliff edge, the park’s North Cliffs section directly borders this coastal strip. Smoke and emergency services activity may impact nearby parking or coastal walking routes connected to the park.

The heavy smoke and fire on the cliff edges are directly impacting local coastal wildlife, though the core woodland species deeper inside Tehidy Country Park remain largely insulated from the flames.
The primary impacts include:
Coastal and Cliff Habitats: The fire is burning through the gorse, heather, and grass scrubland that frames the outer edge of the park. This specific terrain is a vital habitat for ground-nesting birds, lizards, and small mammals like field mice and voles, which are highly vulnerable to smoke and fast-moving ground fires.
Source - Facebook
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Smoke Disruption: Heavy smoke carried by the wind affects the park’s wider avian population. It disrupts feeding and roosting patterns for birds nesting in the northern canopies of ⁠Tehidy Country Park.
Core Woodland Protection: The park's main ⁠lakeside wildlife havens and dense oak woods sit further inland. For now, these areas shield the park's famous swans, waterfowl, and grey squirrels from direct harm.
Source - Cornwall Council
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Emergency and wildlife agencies recommend that visitors keep dogs on short leads on the open paths. This prevents pets from panicking or flushing out wildlife that may be hiding in dry cover to escape the smoke.

Tehidy Rose Garden Volunteers
Hoping and praying the fire at North Cliffs is gotten under control quickly. Our wildlife everywhere in Cornwall is precious, even more so to us as we feed and water, and grow plants specifically for our wonderful wildlife at Tehidy and know many of the birds as individuals 🥺

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🥳Thanks to Rebecca Radmore we now have 300 followers! 🥳😃 Wow😃We hope you all enjoy the rose garden and find a little spo...
02/08/2026

🥳Thanks to Rebecca Radmore we now have 300 followers! 🥳

😃 Wow😃

We hope you all enjoy the rose garden and find a little spot to sit and enjoy the wildlife 🤗🥰


01/08/2026

WOW!
Almost 300 of you lovely lot !! ❤️
You guys are amazing! 🤗
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Cormac fans Hello all! We hope you're all keeping well and enjoying your summer. We had a lovely volunteer day ...
31/07/2026



Cormac
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Hello all! We hope you're all keeping well and enjoying your summer.
We had a lovely volunteer day this week with the full gang of Tehidy Rose Garden Volunteers!
AND.... 🌦We had some rain! 🙌

We weeded, dead-headed and tidied.
The Tic-Tac-Toe pebbles are back for summer holidays too! 😎

Have a fantastic weekend everybody! 🤗

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