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June Border 26 June 2019

I would like to bring my lover here – it is so romantic – French visitor, July 2014


Updates October 2024

Much of the focus just now is on the glasshouses – maintenance, maintenance and more maintenance. Also Joanna is struggling with mealy bugs and having to cut back quite a few plants. On the plus side she has visited Logan Garden on the Rhinns of Galloway as part of a staff development programme. There was…

Enjoy!

Early July and it’s summer – honestly, it really is! Time to relax and enjoy the moment. Open the gate to the walled garden and drink in the scene: the White Border at its peak, an abundance of flowers, a cocktail of heavenly scents, all set off by a soft green grassy path. Sorry about…

The march of history

Summer Solstice, a pleasant warm day and I am in search of meadows. On the way up the East Drive I come on a swathe of foxgloves. Last month I was looking for oak saplings in this area (which was felled after the damage wreaked by Sorm Arwen); today I am treated to a natural…