Last week David Knott SHM, Honorary President of The Caley, was delighted to be able to present Richard Baines, Curator of Logan Botanic Garden with his Scottish Horticultural Medal and […]

A deal of weeding done on Thursday, mostly amongst the hazels, removing plants like alkanet and willow herb. The cordon red currant was planted in place of the cordon gooseberry […]

On Sunday 1st May, we hosted a brand-new event for the Caley, the Auricula & Primula Show, which was held in the Mchattie Room at Saughton Park.  The origins of […]

An interesting experience for us on Thursday with a demonstration of grafting. The bush apple, Adams Pearmain, has a bad attack of canker though you might not think it from […]

A chilly start on Thursday with the haar well down on Arthur’s Seat but ending in bright sunshine. And it was a busy day with the rest of the potatoes […]

Spring is definitely here.  The sun is shining and the daffodils and Tulips are in full bloom.  If you didn’t manage to get to the Caley Spring Bulb Show at […]

Many thanks to Anna for sending us the latest update on her garden, Redcroft.  How do things compare in your own garden – are things further on or behind? Don’t […]

If you have been in Saughton Park over the last week, you will hopefully have spotted something new in the Caley Demonstration Garden. We have made one of our raised […]

A wet and chilly start to our stint last Thursday – still too cold and wet to do any seed sowing or to plant the first of the potatoes. However, […]

The Caley Awards were presented on the 15th of March of this year at our online Award Ceremony, but we gave our award winners the opportunity to receive their awards […]

This is the last of this years bulb logs. It does not seem possible that it is already SHOW TIME.  The Caley Spring Show is this weekend and so my […]

Thursday was a lovely day for the first of the plantings for this year. And the sunny days have brought on all the spring flowers on the plot. The onions […]

It has been a mild week here in Joppa and all of our pots of Caley Show Bulbs are well into their flowering phase. They have spent much of the […]

Last Thursday was a sunny day but with a cold, strong westerly wind. We had the second bonfire today to finish burning the prunings and waste wood, with the ash, […]

It has been interesting to note how early the bulbs seem to be this year. With the show still two weeks away, the task now is how to keep all […]