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Corston is a compact village on the River Avon flood plain between Bath and Keynsham, sheltered by willow-lined riverbanks and surrounded by pasture and market-garden land that was still intensively farmed until the twentieth century. The Avon towpath passes through the parish, linking Corston to Bath's canal network and the riverside willowherb and balsam belts. The village church and its lime and yew churchyard provide a reliable late-season forage in the heart of the village.

The season opens on blackthorn and willow along the Avon riverside at Saltford and Keynsham, followed by hawthorn and apple blossom through the Chew valley orchards in May. Lime is the defining June flow in Bath — the plane trees of Great Pulteney Street, the lime avenues of Royal Victoria Park and the Prior Park landscape garden are particularly productive. Mendip-fringe limestone grasslands around Chew Magna, Bishop Sutton and Clutton carry wild thyme, knapweed and marjoram from June into July. Bramble is dense on the coal-measure slopes above Radstock, Midsomer Norton and Timsbury; willowherb and himalayan balsam flush the Avon towpath below Saltford and Keynsham through August. Ivy on Bath stone walls and village churchyards closes the year into October.