Are you missing out on the monthly e-newsletter? On May 25th 2018 new regulations (GDPR) governing the personal data that we are allowed to hold came into force. At the time we sent you an [...]
Heather is one of the best known flowers in upland Scotland. The most widespread is Calluna vulgaris, sometimes called Ling Heather. Its leaves are close in on the stems. Look also for two [...]
A pleasantly cool day and back to watering everything. The strawberries had the old leaves cut out, were given a feed and were watered. Dead plants were removed and replaced. The apples and [...]
Delighted to join colleagues from The City of Edinburgh Council and The Friends of Saughton Park to show Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, Michael Matheson, and [...]
The team behind Preview is hard at work getting the next edition ready for you, but they need more content. Do you have an interesting piece of news or a story you want to share with other [...]
A dull, warm and humid day but we didn’t need to do any watering today after all the rain there has been this past week. We didn’t manage to do the thinning of the apples and plums [...]
Willowhill is a privately owned garden that opens, by arrangement, for charity from April to September. However, the garden will be open on Saturdays throughout August from 10am – 4pm. [...]
As August arrives I can’t believe that half of the year has already passed by. Here in Orkney the nights are beginning to draw in – mind you it is still light at 10pm and dawn breaks around [...]
From Monday 30 July to Friday 10 August teams of judges will be assessing the 49 towns and villages that have entered this year’s competition. Communities are placed in categories according to [...]
Still scorching weather but the fruit and veg are all doing amazingly well with only a weekly watering. We spent most of today harvesting, watering and doing some weeding. The beds are pretty [...]
Beeches Cottage Nursery & Cottage Garden And Auchlochan Gardens, Lesmahagow 8th August This is the final day trip of the 2018 season and we still have some spaces available. If you are [...]
The RBGE Photography Competition is back and it’s bigger than ever! RBGE announce the launch of the 2018 Competition, and they want to see your best images of plants, landscapes and the natural [...]
The tall, mauve flower spikes of rosebay willow herb signal that midsummer is here. They can often be seen in thick stands in woodland clearings, roadside verges, grassland and waste ground. A [...]
Why not come along to the Open Day on the Caley Allotment and find out what the Allotment Team gets up to. There will be a Summer Fruit Pruning workshop given by Caley Honorary President (and [...]
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission currently has a vacancy for a gardener. Salary: £20,564. Closing date for applications: 27/7/18. For full details of the job and requirements, click here
