“Blue is the colour – the big blue poppies and autumn Gentians” – Gavin McNaughton, Macplants.

Gavin and his family own Macplants, are supporters of The Caley and are well-known as exhibitors and stallholders at Scottish Horticultural shows. This year, Macplants exhibit at Gardening Scotland won a Premier Gold Medal.

Gavin’s talk will cover the cultivation of Meconopsis and the story of the gentians bred by his father Ian, an expert in the genus.  It was he who created Gentiana ‘The Caley’.