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Don’t underestimate how quickly your pots will dry out in this hot weather.  This is a picture of a lovely Rudbeckia ‘Summerina Orange’ that I bought recently to fill a […]

We had a final push to tidy up the plot for the Open Day on Sunday with the grass and edges cut, more weeding, all labels checked, and the high […]

We have a visit planned to Craigie’s Farm tomorrow.  Please meet in the foyer area of the farm shop when it opens at 9am. Venue address: West Craigie Farm South Queensferry […]

Last week the strawberries were given a cutback and a feed to allow the new leaves to develop. The plants are four years old and are losing vigour, so this […]

Don’t forget, Rona’s Open Garden is this weekend. Rona would love to get your advice on how to develop her mid-terrace garden to welcome wildlife, grow more vegetables and follow […]

Further details about the event can be found here.

Did you know that The Caley presents a wide range of awards annually?  We have awards for professional horticulturists, amateur growers, students and apprentices to name but a few. So, […]

Visiting Neil Woodcock’s Edinburgh garden, open recently for Caley members, has made me realise that we are a bit short of colour at this time of year. He had a […]

A pleasant day and we had the pleasure of seeing the peacock butterflies on the teasel flowers. What wasn’t so good were the wasps determined to reach the white currants […]