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A bit of movie magic comes to garden centre

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A Scots garden centre is offering some Christmas movie magic for youngsters. Cleaner-cum-carpenter Alex Freeman has created a replica of the Polar Express steam train...
Lesley Marshall 41 Hillpark Brae Edinburgh EG4 7TD. 07889 349507

Changing the garden as the children mature

Gardens | Scotland
Having lived in their family home in Edinburgh since 2003, Derek McGowan and his partner Lesley Marshall felt it was time to give their garden...
Japanese-knotweed

Removing Japanese Knotweed is not an easy process

Gardens | Scotland
One of the - literal - growing problems in Scotland is Japanese Knotweed. Japanese Knotweed is one of the toughest, most damaging and insidious plants...
Bird’s eye view of Balcaskie in Fife from Inigo Triggs’ 1902 volume. (Photo: Scotland's Lost Gardens/Marilyn Brown)

The forgotten past of Scotland’s secret gardens

Gardens | Scotland
This summer's dry weather has revealed the forgotten past of hidden and long-lost gardens across the country. The Oxford English Dictionary describes a garden as...

Creating perfect Zen garden was Martin’s dream

Gardens
Martin Stepek is one of Scotland's foremost teachers in Mindfulness. He is a published author of three books in the field. Martin began practicing the...
Garden designer Carolyn Grohmann created the Kellys' perfect garden

A city escape with a beautifully designed garden

Gardens | Scotland
Before Tina Kelly and her husband John moved to Edinburgh over 14 years ago, the garden was never a priority. ‘We’d never really lived anywhere...
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