A Flowering Passion for Curious Plants: Guest Blog

23/01/202123/02/2021 Martin Pallett

Martin Pallett writes of how he and his wife turned their passion for growing unusual plants into Bleujyowa – Curious Plants. They propagate a range of interesting and unusual plants - many of which are tender – from seeds and cuttings, and raise them in their garden in Carlyon Bay.

B for Boscawen, Branwell and Bennetts: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

15/01/202118/01/2021 Julia Grigg

Continuing her stroll through the alphabet, Julia Grigg reaches B and finds exotic trees and shrubs, an inspirational aunt and a music-loving ship owner and coal merchant

A for Acclimatisation: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany

01/01/202101/02/2021 Julia Grigg

Julia Grigg muses on how plants from around the world have acclimatised to thrive in Cornwall in the first of her Morrab Miscellany blog posts

Julia Grigg’s Morrab Miscellany

01/01/202101/05/2021 Julia Grigg

NEW FOR 2021! This year the website will be hosting a fortnightly blog. JULIA GRIGG'S MORRAB MISCELLANY will showcase writing on all things gardening. It will go through the year from A-Z. 'Come take a stroll with me through the alphabet,' invites Julia. Start with the 1st January entry to see what she's gathered together under the letter A.

Year-round colour in the gardens

29/10/201923/01/2021 Paul Brett

As we reach the end of October with autumn storms raging, it’s good to remember the Gardens hold attractions all year round. And when the weather lets up, we’ll be sure to get out there again! That’s just what Alison … Read more

On this day 130 years ago – the official opening of Morrab Gardens

27/09/201926/09/2019 Paul Brett

It is exactly 130 years ago – on Friday 27th September 1889 – that Morrab Gardens was officially opened. It must have been a grand occasion for the town, with a procession consisting of “The Mayor and Corporation, the Rifle … Read more

In Morrab Gardens, Penzance - photo by Andy Reid

Images of Morrab

04/06/201910/01/2021 Paul Brett

Local photographer Andy Reid recently sent us some more of his photos, capturing the intricate detail of flowers and plant structures that he finds in the Gardens. Andy has done a lot of work in the Morrab Gardens, using the … Read more

A granite retaining wall provides a sun-kissed environment for succulents, including the mighty Agave americana, opuntias, aloes and aeoniums.

A first visit to Morrab

23/05/201910/01/2021 Paul Brett

An account of a visit to Morrab Gardens by top garden blogger Dan Cooper, who writes on horticultural topics as The Frustrated Gardener. Dan visited in mid-March, after seeing Instagram posts of our magnolias, and was not disappointed.

The yearly pleasure of flowers that return each spring

24/02/201918/01/2021 Paul Brett

Flowering bulbs are so rewarding in any garden, no matter how big or small. We can, with an easy conscience, ignore them for most of the year but they will reliably return each spring to bring colour to forgotten corners … Read more

Spring is here – official!

17/02/201907/03/2019 Paul Brett

When the Cornish Magnolias flower, Spring has arrived! Gardeners at six of the Great Gardens of Cornwall watch their champion magnolia trees as the blossom unfolds, and when all six have at least 50 blooms open, the start of Spring … Read more

…the sub-tropical oasis in the heart of Penzance