Gardens
A look round Scotland’s most exotic garden
Scottish Field speaks to Richard Baines, curator at Logan Botanic Garden in Dumfries & Galloway, to find out what there is to see and do at Scotland’s most exotic garden. What’s special about Logan Botanic Garden? Logan Botanic Garden is widely known as Scotland’s most exotic garden. Nowhere else in Scotland can such a large collection…
Read MoreA chance to explore gardens in Stirlingshire
Visitors will be able to see the beautiful gardens at The Pass House in Kilmahog, Callander, this Sunday, April 29. From 2-5pm, The Pass House are kindly opening their garden on behalf of Scotland’s Garden Scheme. This is a well planted, medium-sized garden with steep banks down to a swift river. The garden paths are…
Read MoreNew film will look at the Scottish Versailles
A group of students are working on a documentary film telling the forgotten story of a Scottish castle. Loudoun is a documentary film, currently in production, by staff, students and recent graduates of Edinburgh College of Art, concentrating on the origins of landscape design in Scotland around 1700. It tells the true story of how two…
Read MoreFourth annual show will be blooming lovely
Flower power will come to the fore at a show taking place in Perthshire next month. Organised by the Scottish Auricula and Primula Society, their fourth annual show is taking place on Saturday, 19 May. It will be held in the Blackford Village Hall. A spokesman said: ‘This is a rare opportunity to see some…
Read MoreTips on how to make the most of your garden this spring
With warmer weather, longer days and blossoming flowers, hedges, trees and shrubs, spring and summer are seasons best spent in the garden. Here, Louise Golden, senior plant buyer at Dobbies Garden Centre, gives her top tips to get your garden in shape for the warmer months: Terrace gardens The start of spring is a great…
Read MoreFive top tips to get your garden styled up for spring
The recent cold snap may have us all feeling as though the depths of winter are here to stay. But the start of the warmer season is just around the corner – hopefully – as spring has officially arrived. With the launch of its brand-new season collection, Dobbies is celebrating the official start to spring…
Read MoreThe art and science-inspired daffodil garden
Preservation and daffodils are at the heart of the heritage collection of Backhouse, at Rosfie Arts Garden in Fife. Caroline Thomson is an artist and sculptor who is a direct descendent of the Backhouse family, the renowned Quaker botanist and ethical banking family from Yorkshire, Caroline is filled with the enthusiasm and dedication that drove…
Read MoreBrian’s garden is one for the whole family to enjoy
Tucked away near off Edinburgh’s Ravelston Dykes, Brian Hunter’s garden is a botanical haven designed with family get togethers in mind. Three different seating areas mean that whatever the time of day, there will be a space getting the sun and the most recent addition to the garden is the addition of a summer house…
Read MoreHuge bonfires let us make our perfect garden
When artist Val Leckie and her husband, violin maker Paul Bowers, moved into their flat on Edinburgh’s Eglinton Crescent in 1997 they set about creating their perfect garden. It was completely derelict,’ says Val. ‘We had to have several huge bonfires.’ As the walls of the garden emerged, the couple discovered an extra ten feet…
Read MoreMake the most of your garden – by starting work now
March is truly the start of the new season for gardeners. The weather improves, soil warms and drifts of bright yellow daffodils proclaim that spring is here. Dobbies resident gardening expert, Louise Golden, explains how to get your garden into shape for the months ahead: Whatever the size of your outside space, there are plenty…
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