
This is Richard from
Bell's Water Gardens in Newlyn.

On Friday Richard spent the day waist deep in our house dam planting out more than a thousand water plants.

Some of the plants are for habitat for the wildlife, some like water chestnuts are edible, some like water lilies are aesthetic and all aid in preserving and ensuring the water quality.

Our house dam is also our main irrigation dam and planting 30 species of water plant is in keeping with our ideology of maximising biodiversity throughout the farm.