Anna Buxton

Some tulips are now a memory, like Tulipa ‘Amazone’, seen here in combination with Muscari ‘Big Smile’ on 2nd May, planted in matching pots on our patio.  I haven’t grown […]

It is sad that our May opening which was to have raised funds for the greenhouse at Saughton has been cancelled, but I am certainly feeling more relaxed than usual. […]

Unfortunately,  we won’t be able to visit Anna’s beautiful garden as planned, as Scotland’s Garden Scheme have decided it best not to open its gardens for the time being.  [...]

The lovely scents of Sarcococca, Mahonia and Daphne bholua have been around for several weeks now.  Aconites, snowdrops and snowflakes, as well as the winter flowering cherry, are providing a [...]

We have had an unusual amount of fungi in the garden, probably because we have had a wet summer and autumn.  Easily the most exciting is the Fly Agaric, or […]

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 […]

We had a beautiful day for the garden opening on 12th May and the word seemed to have gone round that we were having a good plant sale. Consequently we […]

Opening your garden is rather a nerve-racking business and I feel as though my head is on the chopping block. With a few days to go, what I see most […]

I have recently returned from a week in Morocco looking at gardens. We saw a number of dry gardens around Taroudant which had been designed by the French duo Eric […]

News of a couple of gardens that are open to the public under Scotlands Gardens Scheme.  This is your opportunity to visit gardens not normally open to the public and […]