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GREAT GARDENS TO VISIT THIS MONTH
Horticultural heritage
Tim Keyworth is the head gardener at Leith Hall in Aberdeenshire and, at 26, he’s one of the youngest gardeners to take charge of a heritage garden in Scotland. Keyworth started his career at the National Trust for Scotland’s School of Heritage Gardening in 2008. The school offers one- and two-year full-time courses at the trust’s main training centre – Threave Gardens in Dumfries and Galloway – and at many heritage gardens around Scotland. Applications should be submitted by 30 April for courses beginning in September. For full details, contact the School of Heritage Gardening Coordinator, The National Trust for Scotland, Hermiston Quay, 5 Cultins Road, Edinburgh, EH11 4DF or email
shg@nts.org.uk
Castle Fraser Garden, Sauchen, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Castle Fraser’s designed landscape and parkland is the work of Thomas White in 1794. Castle Fraser has a traditional walled garden of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plantings, a medicinal and culinary border and organically grown fruit and vegetables. Stroll through the woodland garden with its azaleas and rhododendrons or take the young at heart to the Woodland Secrets adventure playground and trails. Open 3 and 4 May
Redcroft, Edinburgh A walled garden surrounding an Arts and Crafts villa. Interest comes from many different features – the herbaceous border just coming into growth, the rockery with its pond and cloud pruned conifer, the orchard covered in daffodils, shrubberies and a working greenhouse. A fi ne display of spring bulbs, fl owering shrubs, rhododendrons and blossom. Open 4 and 17 May
Hazelbank, Pirnmill, Isle of Arran Natural coastal garden backed by a wooded bank. Around two acres of planting has been done over the past seven years with specimens suited to the West Coast environment, featuring many natives from the warmer climates of South America and New Zealand. This garden usually has a project on the go, however small. Open 9 and 10 May
A jolly good fellow
Dr David Rae, director of horticulture and learning at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) to recognise his dedication to serving and improving the world of horticulture. It is believed that he is the fi rst horticulturist to be elected as a fellow. David Rae joined the garden in 1978 as a lecturer in the School of Horticulture and served as its conservation coordinator before taking up the post of director in 2000.
THE GAS FIRE PIT TABLE is a contemporary solution to the desire for an outdoor fi replace. The absence of smoke and sparks and the ability to switch it on and off make it perfect. The table is resistant to extreme heat and
cold and can be left outside all winter. Many colours, shapes and sizes are available. Tel: 01738 248019,
www.gardenfurniturescotland.co.uk
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Maolachy’s Garden, Lochavich, by Taynuilt, Argyll Three acres of woodland garden with a tumbling burn. Snowdrops, followed by early rhodies, masses of daffodils in many varieties, bluebells, wild fl owers and azaleas, primulas and irises. Herbaceous blooms fl ower on into summer’s greenery. Later fl owering shrubs and autumn colour and berries make something to see and enjoy all year. Open 24 and 25 May
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