P for Pruning, Perfume and Poetry: Julia Grigg’s Morrab Miscellany
Julia celebrates skillful pruning with an example close to Morrab Gardens, and captures the essence of summer in the perfume of pot pourri
Orto Botanico – a stroll through Botanical Gardens past and present: Julia Grigg’s Morrab Miscellany
Recalling a visit to the Orto Botanico in Florence, Julia looks at the history of botanical gardens, and learns of their new role in combatting the many threats to future global food supplies from climate change and disease.
National Plant Collections and Night-Scented plants: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany
Julia visits a local garden to see one of the National Collections, and chooses Night-Scented plants for her own house.
A Mixed bag for this Miscellany!: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany
Julia Grigg celebrates Morrab's magnificent magnolias and the flower motifs of William Morris's designs, and visits the Garden Museum. But Julia starts this Miscellany with the meditative poetry of Andrew Marvel
Lilies and Pleached Limes: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany
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
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
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.
Paradise Gardens – an inspiration for garden enthusiasts: Julia Grigg’s Morrab Miscellany
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
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.
Gardeners’ houses from Morrab to Sandringham: Julia Grigg's Morrab Miscellany
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.