Actividades

After the success of our last Concert "Encontro de Guitarras" ("Meeting of Guitars"), we have the pleasure to invite all Members to listen to a renowned Portuguese  Choir  "Coro Menor", which is going to sing to us  next June, 5th, Sunday, at 3.30 p.m., at the Palace of Monserrate.

Plant Description A truly stunning cerise pink semi-double bloom edged in red with golden stamens and a slight fragrance. Truly outstanding cut flower. Dense semi-weeping habit and glossy, dark green foliage produces an exceptional evergreen for foundation planting and backgrounds. Mid season bloome

Monseratte 1906 Trudging through the dust and heat, I was one of the perseverant who made it through the caravan to the Garden of Eden.

It nourished disquieted, as well as romantic, spirits. It materialized ideals of beauty and perfect scenarios for the thoughts of those that designed this heritage jewel, which is no longer only ours, to fly.

First Japanese Iris flowering at Monserrate By Gerald Luckhurst

This is now the third Spring for the Rose Garden at Monserrate. Despite the damage sustained to the garden in the January storm the roses have grown extremely well and are now full of flowers. I thought that I would send a collection of photographs for the Newsletter so that members who are...

When Willam Beckford was in Portugal in 1787 he wrote in his journal in the day 14 of june: “Those who have never heard modinhas must and will remain ingnorant of the most voluptuos and bewitching music that ever existed since the days of the Sybarites. They consist of languid interrupted...

Great news! Sir Christopher Cook, his wife Margaret and daughter Caroline came at long last, this August, to visit Monserrate,.

 Let’s have another round of applause for the Amigos de Monserrate and the organisation of their picnic on Saturday, 16th June.  I was told that the last picnic in Monserrate had been arranged by the Amigos twenty years ago.  Last Saturday a wide range of events were on offer: raffles, children’s...