Opening Night: The Growers and Producers of West Cornwall Exhibition

As part of our Fermentation, Foraging and the Field programme, we will exhibit a series of contemporary portraits of growers, farmers and producers from across Penwith highlighting the individuals sustaining local food systems today. This is an exciting collaboration between the Gardeners’ House, Evie Wilkinson – a third year photography student at Falmouth University), and the growers and producers of West Cornwall and Penwith. This exhibition will be open all month, but register to drop in on the opening evening for a drink. These new works will be shown alongside archival material from the Gardeners’ House, including a retrospective of the Women’s Land Army and Diary of a Farmer, drawing a powerful thread between past and present custodians of the land. Part of our month-long exploration of Fermentation, Foraging and the Field – three interwoven themes that ask timely questions about how we grow, source and share our food. At a time when global food systems feel increasingly fragile, the programme looks to West Cornwall’s landscape and communities to rediscover a more rooted, seasonal and local relationship with what we eat. Through exhibitions, workshops, talks, films and shared meals, the events will celebrate the stories of people and place, and the deep connection between wellbeing, land and environment.