As the daffodils fade, tulips take over. Most tulips do not naturalise as well as daffodils as they originate in areas such as central Asia which do not have our […]
The east wind is still blowing and giving us chilly days and even chillier nights but at least there is no frost. We got the hosepipe out again and gave […]
Another fine day made even better by the easing of restrictions on numbers meeting out of doors. For the first time in months, six of us have been able to […]
For the past couple of weeks we have had a small display of Auriculas at Saughton while we have been working at the park. The Caley President, Colin Ainsworth, is […]
Interested in finding out more about our Grow and Learn award or our new award, Grow and Learn in Nature? Then why not come along to our next Zoom drop-in session on Wednesday […]
Still the best of sunny April days and now, with frost-free nights, it is time to start planting and sowing. The young broad bean plants – variety ‘Aquadulce Claudia’ – […]
Anna has sent us the latest update on her lovely Edinburgh garden, Redcroft. How does it compare to your plantings? Are they further along or behind? Please read on to […]
Hope you are ready for Part 2 of our virtual Springs Show for 2021? This section features the alpine and woodland plants and we have a very fine selection for […]
We are having brilliantly sunny days at the moment but with such cold nights (with several degrees of frost) there is no point in doing any seed sowing. And that […]
Pam has been working hard getting all of the entries for our virtual Spring Show organised into the different classes, making sure all the images were clear and the same […]
If you have been following George’s blog, you will have heard about the Scamp Challenge. It is the only restricted class in the Spring Bulb Show and, this year, is […]
Another week with ideal spring weather. The first of the potatoes, variety Arran Pilot, were planted into trenches dug a spade’s depth, with compost and leaf mould mixed in at the […]
Sadly the Caley was unable to hold its spring show at Saughton Park this year, so we have again gone virtual. Ans as the show would have been held at […]
