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Today was a double celebration.  It was an opportunity to celebrate 10 incredible years of Grow and Learn, the Caley’s horticultural award that recognises individual achievement through [...]

Today is the Autumn equinox and another warm and sunny day.  Long may it continue. Each week another of the apple varieties ripens and today ‘Charles Ross‘, good for cooking […]

The reason groups like North Berwick in Bloom  do so well in Beautiful  Scotland is they plan ahead and have regular  work sessions to keep all the various tasks  under […]

A misty muggy morning with the sun coming out as we were clearing up to leave. Today we were still working on clearing the posts from the old raspberry bed, […]

Wednesday 14th was a very special day as 2016 celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Beautiful Scotland campaign to Keep Scotland Beautiful.  An evening of celebration when North Berwick in [...]

Community groups, local authorities and businesses from across Scotland gathered on Wednesday 14 September at the Aberdeen Beach Ballroom to celebrate the 50th annual Beautiful Scotland Awards, [...]

Young helpers  relax  after helping erect the staging  now covered  in the customary black fabric. By tomorrow it will be covered with entries. The show is open on  Saturday afternoon and Sunday [...]

A miserable morning with light showers interspersed with heavy showers but we carried on! The main job of the day was digging up the roots of the old raspberry canes. […]

Community groups use various ways  to provide water to keep their displays  looking  good until the first frosts. This  Haddington  volunteer uses a water cart small enough to use in confined [...]

September brings the start of Autumn but still good things to look forward to since the Victoria plums and apples are ripening, The autumn raspberries are now in full flow […]