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Festive foliage – 7 Christmas styling Ideas

We're starting to decorate our houses now that we're in December, all ready for Christmas. More and more decorated trees are popping up in windows...

A bit of movie magic comes to garden centre

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...
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Changing the garden as the children mature

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...
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All things white and beautiful this festive season

Much as we don't like to admit it, Christmas is on its way. It’s fast approaching the time of year when everyone begins to think...
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Removing Japanese Knotweed is not an easy process

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

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...
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Scots baronial mansion designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh up for sale – and it has some of the best views in Scotland

This incredible Scots baronial mansion on Wemyss Bay beach, which was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and is said to have some of the best...
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Life on the Loch: Former timber bothy on shores of Loch Tay hits the market – and comes with a private beach

If you have ever wanted to live on a Scottish Loch, this might just be the property for you - and it comes with a...
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American Art Deco home in Stranraer goes on sale – with panoramic sea views over Loch Ryan

This stunning American Art Deco home in Stranraer has gone on sale and is said to be one of the finest examples of the art...
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The 5 best gardens in Scotland to visit this Spring

Us Scots are a nation of gardeners. But whether you’re green-fingered or just enjoy smelling the roses, there is no doubt we have some of...
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Tiny uninhabited Scottish island hits the market for just £125,000 – and has views towards Ben Nevis

A tiny Scottish island stretching nearly 10 acres is on the market for just £125,000, with views to the north towards Ben Nevis, Mull and...
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Hamish Martin: ‘Nettle is fundamental to these lands’

This month gardening columnist Hamish Martin explains why nettle is so important to these lands.   There is a visible excitement within me when the first nettles start...


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