Gardens
Gardens: The garden at Gallery, in Angus that doesn’t hedge its bets
IT’S a cold spring day at Gallery, in Angus, and the wind is blowing in from the north-east, bringing with it showers of icy rain. John Simson hurries out with an umbrella, apologising for the weather, concerned the garden won’t be at its best, while head gardener Ron Stevenson peers anxiously at the grey sky.
Ann Burns: ‘Hakonechloa macra looks like a beatnik hairstyle’
I have a fairly large paved area at the back door that faces north-east and gets a minimal amount of sunlight – but being close to the house, it is well used. Last year we started planting up containers, and the past 12 months have been quite successful with colour from both foliage and seasonal flowers. If you need some ideas for container-planting for shade, then you might wish to try some of the following;
Gardens: Jason Russell and Lucy Head want to keep their garden a surprise
AS YOU arrive at the Loanhead home Lucy Head shares with her partner Jason Russell, their garden, which was highly recommended by Chelsea silver medallist Stella Rankin, owner of Kevock Garden Plants, and described by Lucy as “a plantsman’s garden, a contemporary woodland”, is nowhere to be seen.
Gardens: The eponymous goatherd might have been lonely, but the alpine plants in Carole and Ian Bainbridge’s Midlothian plot are never short of company from all over the world
ON A hillside in Midlothian, Carole and Ian Bainbridge have built a garden that is the world in miniature. Alpine plants from mountain ranges across the globe thrive in the shadow of the Pentlands.
Gardens: Recovering from the storms
After a storm swept through their Rhu garden, near Helensburgh, Mike and Sue Thornley were daunted by the scale of the destruction. But now they are slowly taking steps to repair and replant
Carina Contini: ‘Our bees will help with propagation – and jars of honey’
IN HER ongoing monthly reports, Centotre and the Scottish Café owner Carina Contini updates us on her efforts to create a kitchen garden
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Sunday 27 May 2012
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