Reflecting the sunshine of this past week, were blooms in the Glasshouses of Dundee Botanics on Thursday. It’s been a glorious week of weather so a Garden Visit just had to be on the cards – even if it was just to continue testing my camera fix again. Ha-ha this could be a fine excuse… Read More The University of Dundee Botanic Garden
Not unlike a surgical procedure and definitely not for the faint hearted… but my wide angle lens is actually working again after a very delicate operation! Ah… but it was touch and go at times during the ‘changing of the diaphragm unit’ procedure where I assisted (brief moments thankfully) resident technical surgeon, OH. I’ll do… Read More Edinburgh Botanics testing
What great news it was to read ‘The Access for All Appeal’ leaflet on the table at The Terrace Café at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh back in January. Having had one garden visit with a wheelchair last June, I can completely see the need for such a valuable project and wish it much success… Read More Along the paths at Edinburgh Botanics
If a garden sparkles in rain then it’s a gem for sure. Truth be told, when we took the soggy jog from the car park to the tearoom at Castle Fraser, back at the end of August 2012, I didn’t even consider a garden wander. It was a wet, chilly and windy day – no… Read More Garden Visit: Castle Fraser
… at The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, last week, pre stormy weather, snow flurries and temperature drops. I’d take an accurate guess that the garden won’t look quite the same a week on. Yesterday alone will have changed the landscape – it was a quite ‘orrible day. Have one tree to straighten here today –… Read More Garden visit, in search of berries…
Sat Nav was set to the Town Nursing Home. The familiar yellow Open Garden banner along the outside wall told us our man ‘Tom’ had successfully got us to the ticket buying/map collection point. We could see many others had just arrived too and the buzz of a town with Open Gardens could be sensed… Read More Open Gardens: Montrose
Windswept, lying on the ground, the elegant beauty of the Meconopsis caught my eye once again at Branklyn yesterday. It was down but it was definitely not out to me. Oops… I should add that there are plenty of Meconopsis still standing. This is a sheltered garden 🙂 Having visited this garden before I was… Read More Meconopsis Day, Branklyn Garden, Sunday 29th May
If you’re looking for somewhere to visit over the next few days I’d definitely recommend your nearest Botanical Garden. They are always great for a ‘nice day’ wander for people of all ages and with the weather expected to be warm here in the UK there are plenty of trees for shade too. Generally there… Read More Where to visit this weekend… The Botanics & Parks
… tree leaves were showing no signs of changing colour. Now half way through September things are set to change especially with cooler gusty days. On Sunday a visit to Edinburgh Botanical Gardens gave us a little taster of Autumnal scenes to come. Taking photos, it also reminded me how I absolutely love the shapes… Read More Garden visits, back in August…
Let’s leave all that frozen white stuff behind for a while. I’ve a feeling quite a few could do with a break from it. Fancy joining me on a summer garden visit in Scotland? No need for a warm coat, hat, scarf, gloves, extra pairs of socks or boots. LOL… yes it does get warm… Read More Fancy a day out?