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Redhall Plant Sale Open Day – Saturday 5th May (12-4pm) SAMH Redhall Walled Garden is holding a Plant Sale Open Day on Saturday 5th May (12-4pm) – an  opportunity to get some plants [...]

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, is distinctive in early spring with white flowers against black branches that do not yet have leaves. The plant typically suckers to form thorny thickets. Later in the [...]

Today the remaining potatoes were planted out and we had another bonfire to clear the plot of waste wood. Last week a sowing was made of carrots and beetroot, so we shall wait for another couple [...]

I have been battling against the wind all day in an attempt to get the garden at The Quoy of Houton into a less embarrassingly unkempt state. I tell myself that every hour is an achievement in [...]

On Thursday there was no sign of warmer days and a cold east wind was blowing which kept the allotment crew on the move. Plans to get the early potatoes in and sow the first rows of carrots and [...]

The yellow trumpets of daffodils brighten spring in gardens, on roadsides and in parks during March and April. But these are usually larger garden varieties. Our native daffodil is smaller than [...]

The Caley show may be over but the season has been so slow there is still plenty of time to enjoy daffodils. The car is packed with a few blooms ready to head off to Dundee.  The Dundee show is [...]

The National Trust for Scotland have a vacancy for the Head Gardener position at Crarae Garden.  The job description can be downloaded here.  Applications should be sent to workforus@nts.org.uk. [...]

All the information you need about The Caley’s Garden Visits for 2018 is now on the website.  You will find them in our ‘Events’ section under ‘Visits’. Come along [...]

Friends of Willowhill Garden  Willowhill is a privately owned garden that opens for charity from April to September. The 3 acre garden is renowned for its borders of vibrant colour combinations [...]