Press releases
New green community hub and sensory gardens project in the heart of Penzance secures multimillion in funding
Release date 29th March 2023
Issued by Penzance Town Deal
Plans to set up a green community hub in Penzance’s historic Morrab Gardens have been given the go-ahead thanks to £2.2 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and £886,000 from the Penzance Town Deal Fund. Work on renovating a disused building to transform it into an environmental education centre will get under way soon, with the centre due to open in late 2024.
New green community hub to be created in Penzance,
including never-seen natural heritage archive
Release date 28th March 2023
Issued by National Lottery Heritage Fund
The Gardeners’ House, a charity based in Penzance, are celebrating today after receiving £2.2 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to create a home for a unique archive of documents, books and illustrations. The ‘living archive’ collection will be made accessible to the public for the first time and highlights the history of Cornwall's natural heritage. It will be housed in a new green educational hub in Penzance’s historic Morrab Gardens, transforming a disused building for the community and creating a sensory garden.
Another boost for a Green Heritage Hub in Penzance
Release date 4th October 2022
Issued by the Gardeners' House
The Gardeners' House charity welcomes the news that the first tranche of Penzance Town Deal funding has been released by the Government to Cornwall Council. This news brings The Gardeners’ House another step closer to their goal of saving a disused building adjacent to Morrab Library in Morrab Gardens, and creating a new, flexible community hub.
Text provided for Love Penzance website
Release date August 2022
Issued by the Gardeners' House
The Gardeners’ House has been formed as a registered charity to renovate a disused building in Morrab Gardens, Penzance, to become a community hub with a focus on Wellbeing and Green Learning. The project aims to address the area’s social issues through education and community outreach, drawing on the past to inform the present and build a better future for Penzance and beyond.
New hope for disused Penzance building
Release date 5th May 2022
Issued by the Gardeners' House
A local charity has been awarded a £53,870 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop its plans for a disused building in Morrab Gardens to become a community hub with a focus on Wellbeing and Green Learning.