Threave has been on my ‘to visit’ list for a few years, ever since one of my gardening club friends told me about it – it’s the National Trust’s Training Centre for future Professional Gardeners …
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Garden Bagging – Threave
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The Explorer’s Garden in Pitlochry
Ever since I read Seeds of Blood and Beauty, a fascinating book about the preeminence of the early Scottish plant hunters, not to mention an abundance of untimely and sometimes intriguing deaths, I’ve been fascinated …
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Wordless Wednesday – Narcissus Rip Van Winkle
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Looking for Community Groups who’d Like to Visit a Garden…
Anyone know of any Scottish-based community groups who might benefit from a visit to one of our gardens…? This year Scotland’s Garden Scheme will join sister organisation, the National Gardens Scheme who cover England and …
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101 Greenbank Crescent
So, as part of my new job at Scotland’s Garden Scheme, I’ve decided that I’m going to try and ‘bag’ all the gardens – with over 500 open in any one year (some opening every …
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Wordless Wednesday – Clematis
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New (dream) Job – and it’s gardening-related!
So, I’ve been a little quiet recently, but, I have some REALLY exciting news to share – I’ve got a new job and it couldn’t be more up my street! I’m the new marketing Manager …
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Equinox Egg
We’re back in business – no more shame eggs for us! Time to start thinking about increasing our flock again now that the weather’s getting better too – thinking green, dark brown, speckled or white …
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Wordless Wednesday – Still Plenty of Colour About
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You Should Have Been Here Last Week – Book Review
I was sent this book to review by the lovely people at Pimpernel Press – I’d never really heard of a garden critic before and thought it sounded entertaining – it was! The opening line …
