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We have brought the former gardeners' house in Morrab Gardens back to life, creating a space for our community celebrating the stories and landscape of West Cornwall. The Gardeners’ House project in Penzance is a registered charity with the purpose of renovating the derelict Stable Block, located in the Morrab Gardens in Penzance, as a centre for botanical education, training, heritage and communi

ty. The project will create a new destination for visitors to the area, improve awareness of the Gardens' national significance, and generate opportunities for local residents.

Coffee, fruit and cinnamon toast in the sunshine with hundreds of the most beautiful moths we had ever seen - soft and s...
20/06/2026

Coffee, fruit and cinnamon toast in the sunshine with hundreds of the most beautiful moths we had ever seen - soft and still, colourful and vibrating, tiny and marbled, striped, spotted, wearing tiny spectacles or looking exactly like a shard of flint or a tiny birch twig.

Dr Phil named them all as they emerged - from the micro moth that had come all the way from New Zealand to Britain's largest native species. All of these amazing creatures living around us all the time that we never notice!

Highlights of the morning were Kimara (who had one of the moth traps in her garden) shouting with glee "That one's MINE!" every time one came out of her trap, Arty giving a huge pink moth a little air kiss, and Innes - who didn’t even like moths before last nights talk - very gently watching a beautiful new moth friend walk along her hand.

Magic. Thank you so much Dr Phil!

If you have enjoyed making memories with the Gardeners' House, please do come by at any point during our opening hours t...
20/06/2026

If you have enjoyed making memories with the Gardeners' House, please do come by at any point during our opening hours this month - you can add your thumbprint to our picture of the building, and write us a little note to tell us your favourite memory, or what our work has meant to you.

The thumbprints become part of a community art piece, and we'll be making a book of your notes and letters to keep for posterity. It's officially our first birthday tomorrow, and we want to mark our first year.

Our talk from Dr Phil Stirling, author, lifelong lepidopterist and all-round moth expert, was absolutely fascinating. Mo...
20/06/2026

Our talk from Dr Phil Stirling, author, lifelong lepidopterist and all-round moth expert, was absolutely fascinating.

Moths that fly the length of England in a night, moths that make themselves obvious to predators in order to be eaten, moths that pupate over not months but years - it was an absolute pleasure to listen to someone so interesting and passionate.

We can’t wait to open the moth trap this morning and see what’s flown in during the night!

Kimara, our volunteering co-ordinator at the Gardeners' House, had the pleasure of sharing a cream tea and a chat with W...
19/06/2026

Kimara, our volunteering co-ordinator at the Gardeners' House, had the pleasure of sharing a cream tea and a chat with Wendy Gauntlet this week, an inspirational woman who has dedicated so much of her life to caring for loved ones and now caring for carers themselves.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Penzance Carers Group - and National Carers Week took place this month too. Wendy has been a part of this group from the very beginning, along with her friends Doreen and Margaret.

Initially Wendy attended as a carer whilst caring for her father. When he died Wendy took on a more active role in the group becoming secretary, and then Chair for over 26 years. At the same time Wendy was involved in over a dozen other community groups - but caring is her true passion.

Throughout her life Wendy has been a carer for her mother, father, neighbours, and friends. She understands the highs and lows that come with being a carer to a loved one and is passionate about providing the support that carers need.

The group meets at Hanover Court on the third Friday of every month. If you would like to join give us a call at the Gardeners House and we can pass on your details. New members are always welcome to join!

We love these beautiful moth creations from everyone at our Archives for Health sessions recently - so apt for our entom...
18/06/2026

We love these beautiful moth creations from everyone at our Archives for Health sessions recently - so apt for our entomology month here at the Gardeners' House!

Archives for Health is a free, weekly community and wellbeing group we run here. Open to all adults, it takes creative inspiration from our archive collection and the natural environment to support mental health, combat loneliness, and improve wellbeing.

It's a great way to bring people together and we enjoy seeing - and sharing - what is produced!

We have a moth-themed triple whammy of events for you this weekend. We'd love you to come along, if you're interested.Fr...
17/06/2026

We have a moth-themed triple whammy of events for you this weekend. We'd love you to come along, if you're interested.

Friday 19 June, 6pm - 8pm
Moth Talk and Trap, buy tickets online
Peek inside the secret world of moths at night. Join us for a fascinating talk about moths with expert and author Dr Phil Sterling - and then help us to set up a to put out some moth traps in our sensory garden to capture the summer moths of Morrab Gardens.

Saturday 20 June, 8am - 10am
Moth Breakfast, buy tickets online
Don’t worry we won’t be eating moths! Come and join us for tea, coffee and a pastry while we try to identify the moths of Morrab Gardens caught the night before in the traps put out by everyone who attended our Moth Talk and Trap. In this session, we’ll spend some time trying to work out what kind of moths were caught in the traps. We’ll then release them carefully back into the wild.

You will also have the opportunity to make your own delicate and beautiful paper moth to take home, helped by artist Melanie Miller , a contemporary artist who explores nature in her work.

Saturday 20 June, 10am - 12.30pm
Making Paper Moths, free and no need to book
Drop by the Gardeners’ House this Saturday and make a beautiful, delicate paper moth, helped by artist Melanie Miller, a contemporary artist who explores nature in her work. Please just come along and get involved. This is a great chance to get creative with the family on a Saturday morning.

Details for all can be found here:
https://thegardenershouse.org/events/

We are hosting a Moth Breakfast this Saturday morning - but don’t worry, we won’t be eating moths! Come and join us for ...
16/06/2026

We are hosting a Moth Breakfast this Saturday morning - but don’t worry, we won’t be eating moths!

Come and join us for tea, coffee and a pastry while we try to identify the moths of Morrab Gardens caught the night before in the traps put out by everyone who attended our Moth Talk and Trap.

In this session, we’ll spent some time trying to work out what kind of moths were caught in the traps. We’ll then release them carefully back into the wild.

You will also have the opportunity to make your own delicate and beautiful paper moth to take home, helped by artist Melanie Miller , a contemporary artist who works explores nature in her work.

Book your place:
https://thegardenershouse.org/event/moth-breakfast/

It's another Fantastic Future Flora workshop - our second workshop in collabaration with .Students from Nancealverne Sch...
16/06/2026

It's another Fantastic Future Flora workshop - our second workshop in collabaration with .

Students from Nancealverne School visited us recently and designed their plants of the future. Freezing plants covered in spikes to protect the melting ice cap, plants with a rainbow of colours to heal the body and emotions, plants that can speak for squirrels...what a brilliant morning hearing what the pupils dreamt up!

This week is Refugee Week, the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and r...
15/06/2026

This week is Refugee Week, the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.

Across Cornwall, there are free events open to all happening throughout the week about connection, welcome and community across Cornwall.

At the Gardeners' House we are showing the short animation Migrants.Come by on Saturday from 10.30am-1.30pm and watch this family-friendly film where two polar bears embark on a journey into unfamiliar territory.

They encounter brown bears and must attempt to coexist after being driven from their home by climate change. This is free and open to all, and is part of the film festival.

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