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GREAT GARDENS TO VISIT THIS MONTH
Blazing a trail
The Orkney Garden Trail is a new addition to Scotland’s Gardens 2014 programme. On each of four Sundays in June and July, six gardens will be opening their gates to the public. They are all very different but provide the visitor with wonderful examples of what can be achieved by gardeners in these northerly islands with their harsh climate. Seaside, village, town and community gardens are all represented. Sundays 22 and 29 June and 6 and 13 July, 10am–6pm. For more information, visit
www.scotlandsgardens.org
Rossie House, Forgandenny, Perth & Kinross Rossie House was built by the Oliphant family in 1657. It is set in extensive woodland with burns running through the lower ground of the undulating terrain. Paths and bridges, seats and sculptures are all there to explore. Snowdrops and aconites start the season giving way to abundant hellebores, scilla, chinadoxias, early rhododendron and narcissi in April. May is alive with more rhododendron, blankets of bluebells, trillium, smilacina, solomon seal and rodgersia. Open 6 March, 10 April, 1, 15, 29 May
Winton House, Pencaitland, East Lothian The gardens continue to develop and improve. In addition to the natural areas around Sir David’s Loch and the Dell, extensive mixed borders are taking shape for the terrace borders and walled garden. In spring, a glorious covering of daffodils makes way for cherry and apple blossoms. Enjoy an informative tour of this historic house and walk off delicious lunches and home baking around the estate. Open 13 April
A drop of what you like
Visitors to Scone Palace will be able enjoy the gardens and grounds at their spectacular seasonal best during the ‘Celebration of Snowdrops’. One of over 50 venues taking part in the annual Scottish Snowdrop Festival, the palace grounds will be open with free admission, each Friday, Saturday and Sunday until 16 March, from 10am to 4pm. Visitors are being invited to come along and take a leisurely stroll through the drifts of enchanting snowdrops that can be found throughout the 100 acres of palace grounds.
www.visitscotland.com/see-do/ events/scottish-snowdrop-festival
DUTCHTUB is a luxury wood-fi red hot tub that requires no installation and is supplied complete with a fi bre-glass cover and wok for cooking while the water heats up. Perfect for your garden, the Dutchtub is also portable enough to
fi t on the roof rack of your car. So you can take it to your friends’ gardens or even to the beach. Prices start at £2,950.
www.bigfi
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Leith Hall Garden, Huntly, Aberdeenshire A gardeners’ question time, an open day, a workshop and a series of evening guided tours with the head gardener are all on the agenda for 2014. The west garden was made by Charles and Henrietta Leith-Hay around the beginning of the 20th century. In summer, the magnifi cent zig-zag herbaceous and serpentine catmint borders provide a dazzling display. A lot of project work is on- going in the garden including a rose catenary along with large borders being redeveloped in a Gertrude Jekyll-style and a laburnum archway with spring interest borders. Open 26 April for gardeners’ question time, 29 May, 26 June, 31 July, 28 August for head gardener tour and 6 July for the open day.
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