Jon Morgan Searle was a Gibraltarian journalist and editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle. He was also correspondent for the news agency Reuters and The Times of London.
Molly Bloom from Ulysses by Searle
The Gibraltar Botanic Gardens or La Alameda Gardens are a botanical garden in Gibraltar, spanning around 6 hectares. The Rock Hotel lies above the park.
Jon Morgan Searle
…once retired became prolific in producing ceramics and sculptures. Notably the bronze sculpture of Molly Bloom which now stands (in fact runs) at the Alameda Gardens. This figure was commissioned in commemoration of the bicentenary of the Gibraltar Chronicle. Searle exhibited his ceramics in Cornwall, Adalucia and…
The Dell in the heart of La Alameda Gardens
The Elliott Memorial dates from 1858
Gibraltar Botanic Gardens in 2022
Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria), a woody, deciduous, perennial climbing vine in the genus Wisteria, in the gardens