The event first started to raise money for Thai fishermen after the Boxing Day disaster
Author: Megan PricePublished 2 hours ago
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An annual hellebore flower event, started in honour of a young woman who lost her life in the Boxing Day tsunami, is taking place at Truro’s Bosvigo Gardens.
Hellebore Day is one of Cornwall’s most celebrated horticultural events and sells colourful hellebore flowers.
This year it will bring together people from across the Duchy on Saturday 26th February.
Wendy Perry has opened up her garden in Truro for the past couple of decades, exhibiting and selling her colourful plants in honour of her daughter, Hannah.
The event initially supported Thai fishermen after the 2004 disaster, but now raises money for charity ShelterBox.
Speaking about her daughter, Wendy said: “Hannah was on holiday in Thailand on the beach and the wave came, a 33ft tall wave, and crashed in to the bungalow. She didn’t survive but her husband did.
“We decided because I was selling hellebores anyway…
