A Cornish boy, a Brummie girl.
A Farmer and an Artist. He said, ‘Lets grow some plants’, she said ‘ Lets create a beautiful place’
Trevisker was born in 1997 when Mark had had ‘more than a few’ in the London Inn in Padstow. He agreed to plant their summer flower display of hanging baskets and window boxes.
Siân meanwhile was having a fabulous time travelling in Australia.
There was no greenhouse, no poly tunnel, no plants, no contacts, no plan.
There were some skills, lots of green fingers, plenty of passion and a crazy vision.
When Siân returned she started selling the left over hanging baskets from the field next to where the Garden Centre now sits.
1998-2007
Next we planted an acre of pick your own strawberries and put up a second-hand shed to sell bedding plants and hanging baskets from and we both worked the winters at Rick Steins. The next year or so we put up 2 poly tunnels and started selling some perennials, shrubs and some of Siâns art work. We had a vision but life was steady.
Then along came our first born, Tom, who you may remember being in his playpen next to the potting bench. So the vision had to step up a few gears! After baby number 2, Jocelyn, came along things got very serious and the big triple span went up.
The Triple Span Build, 2008
This was a huge expansion for us and friends and family mucked in to give us a hand- it was a really exciting time! Jocelyn was a babe in arms and Tom was at school. We dreamt of a business that could sustain us all year round and where we could bring the kids up in a positive environment.
Before long we had to build the shop in the poly tunnel as all of the products on the shelves got damp and bleached from the sun. The kids were often behind the till after school.
2015-2017
2015 saw the building of our new gift shop which had a log burner and a cafe area. It also had proper doors, we thought we were some posh!
We bought in various shops and businesses and enjoyed having a creative and vibrant place.
The cafe area proved to be too small so on we went with Henk to build Treviskers Kitchen.
2026
Well, here we are and we couldn’t be prouder or more thankful for everything that is Trevisker, for our family, for the community that surrounds us and has helped us to be where we are today.
There are always more plans and schemes so keep watching folks!
See you here x
