Lilies in full bloom, growing in containers at the front of a Penzance house.

Lilies and Pleached Limes: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

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Reaching L in her Morrab Miscellany, Julia Grigg enjoys the heady scent of lilies, explores the landscapes of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and admires the pleached limes at Sissinghurst.

William Kent – a pioneering garden designer with fresh and revolutionary ideas: Julia Grigg’s Morrab Miscellany

01/06/202101/06/2021 Julia Grigg

Garden designers over the centuries have left a lasting legacy in their ideas and in the gardens they created. In this Morrab Miscellany, Julia writes about William Kent who used his talent and experience as an artist to revolutionise garden design 300 years ago.

J for Joe Palmese, Gertrude Jekyll and Henry James: Julia Grigg’s Morrab Miscellany

15/05/202115/05/2021 Julia Grigg

In her Morrab Miscellany today, Julia Grigg writes about Morrab's devoted Head Gardener, an influential lady gardener from the past, and one of our greatest authors who claimed to be hopeless about his garden - but clearly loved it.

Fountain in the Islamic Paradise Garden of the Alcazaba of Almería, Spain.

Paradise Gardens – an inspiration for garden enthusiasts: Julia Grigg’s Morrab Miscellany

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Gardens have long been a place for reflection and contemplation, for seeking inspiration. In her Morrab Miscellany, Julia Grigg considers classic examples of a tranquil space, the Paradise Gardens, from their origins in ancient Persia to their adoption throughout the Islamic world and beyond.

H for Hypatia and her heritage: Julia Grigg’s Morrab Miscellany

15/04/202114/04/2021 Julia Grigg

From the brilliance of Hypatia in late antiquity to the achievements of 20th century women, Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany starts in the cultural centre of the Mediterranean world and follows Hypatia's heritage to present-day West Penwith through the work of our friends in the Hypatia Trust.

The Morrab House stable block, which is the location of the proposed Gardeners' House, a home at the heart of Morrab Gardens for all things gardening

Gardeners’ houses from Morrab to Sandringham: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

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Taking her cue from the project to restore an unused building in Morrab Gardens, Julia takes a virtual tour of Gardeners' houses - from modest cottages to the grandest estates - around Britain.

Spring flowers - daffodils flowering in Morrab Gardens

F for the First Day of Spring: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

15/03/202120/03/2021 Julia Grigg

In this Morrab Miscellany, Julia Grigg celebrates the First day of Astronomical Spring, and a quintessentially English piece of music inspired by the sound of the First Cuckoo. And Spring in Cornwall is not complete without our flowers - particularly the daffodils that are sent 'up country' to give others a foretaste of the unfolding season.

E for Exotic Eucalyptus trees: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

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Eucalyptus trees are a notable feature of Morrab Gardens, and provide inspiration here for Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

D for DH Lawrence, Darwin and his Dogs: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

15/02/202115/02/2021 Julia Grigg

In Julia's Morrab Miscellany through the alphabet we arrive at D, where we learn about DH Lawrence and the time he and his wife Frieda spent in West Cornwall, and how Charles Darwin's beloved dogs helped him develop his influential ideas.

C for CITY GARDENS, for the CALM we breathe in: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

01/02/202101/02/2021 Julia Grigg

Julia contemplates city gardens, the quiet green places that are so calming and a haven for those of us who live with limited outside space. From the ideas of an early eighteenth century visionary to an escape from the stress of the modern day, Julia shows how gardens can enhance well-being.

…the sub-tropical oasis in the heart of Penzance