CORRECTION: Caerhays Castle and Spring Gardens would be thrilled to help you organise a visit to us. You could book a garden tour with either the owner, Charles Williams; Head Gardener, Jaimie Parsons; or Assistant Head Gardener, Michael Levett, all of whom have decades of experience at Caerhays, know the gardens inside out and can […]
WORKSHOP INVITATION – PENLEE HOUSE GALLERY & MUSEUM
Calling all WIs in Cornwall – we have received an exciting invitation from Penlee House Gallery &Museum in Penzance, home to the wonderful collection of Newlyn School paintings with which many of us are familiar. Zoe Burkett, Learning Officer at Penlee House, writes:- We’d like to invite you to take part in a series […]
NEW GARDENING SUB-COMMITTEE
Be Part of CFWI’s New Gardening Sub-Committee Are you interested in gardening, plants and/or flower arranging? We’ve seen and heard about the talent among our members and we know you’re out there! CFWI is keen to reinstate our former Floral Art and Gardening Sub-Committee, giving it a new name and a fresh start. […]
CAREW BELLES WI CELEBRATE 1st BIRTHDAY
CAREW BELLES WI IS 1 YEAR OLD! On 9 th September 2024 Carew Belles WI held a first birthday celebration at their new home in Antony Village Hall. The event was attended by members past, present and new along with guests from neighbouring WIs. Attendees were greeted with a glass of fizz, or something […]
GO WILD FOR WILDLIFE / ALLSOP CUP – REMINDER
REMINDER CLOSING DATE COMING UP SOON…. GO WILD FOR WILDLIFE Come and be inspired about wilding and wildlife and the actions you can take to improve your surroundings in your garden and beyond. Learn about existing projects and develop and share ideas which you can put into practice yourself, or perhaps with others in your […]
Veryan WI Welcomes the Cornwall Air Ambulance
Karen Butfield is fundraising for Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust and Veryan WI were recently delighted to welcome Karen to share her passion for Cornwall Air Ambulance. It was an informative event, most inspiring. CAAT receives no government funding, but that allows them to remain independent and spend their funds how they consider the most effective- […]
Blaikley Salver Poetry Competition 2024
This year’s winner is Pauline Champness from Stoke Climsland WI. Here is her winning entry: River Voices winning entry Well done Pauline!
Green Events
WI Climate Ambassador Rachel Kent has been very busy this year with her WI, St Neot, promoting green events, raising awareness of our environmental challenges, and setting about tackling them. In January this year they attended the St Neot Produce Market with their Rivers Campaign stall, where they displayed our lovely rivers banner and handed […]
Penmount Crematorium Garden Maintenance
On Thursday 29th August members of Zennor, St Dennis and Truro WIs went up to Penmount Crematorium to help with maintaining some young trees, planted by Forest for Cornwall (F4C). In April we had helped with clearing weeds, mulching and re-tying stakes from the avenue of trees at the entrance to the site. This time […]