On Sunday afternoon I was helping out at the Scotland’s Garden Scheme open day at Drumelzier Old Manse – I’d been excited about this one for quite a while as I’d seen photographs and knew …
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Drumelzier Old Manse – Open Day
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8 Halmyre Mains – Charity Open Day
A couple of weeks ago I helped out at the Scotland’s Gardens Scheme charity open day at Halmyre Mains. The garden is situated between Romano bridge, West Linton and La Mancha just on the edge …
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Dunninald Castle
The rain showed no sign of abating but we were not to be deterred from our mission. Following Pitmuies, we headed along to Dunninald Castle, where not only did we get a brief period of …
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Pitmuies Gardens
Sadly, the day we’d dedicated to some serious garden-visiting around Angus and Dundee turned out to be a cats and dogs (and bitterly cold) one. Nonetheless, we ventured forth and Pitmuies Gardens were first up. …
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Wordless Wednesday – Bluebells and Beech
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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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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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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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Gardening Scotland June – Tickets just £10 at mo…
Gardening Scotland is one of my fave (and usually expensive) days out, although I don’t think I’ve ever paid full price for a ticket yet, thanks to the voucher deals that usually crop-up (no pun …
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Wordless Wednesday – STILL under snow!
