Dalswinton Mill - a special garden opening with talks, music and mini plant fair
Come and join us for the garden opening and mini plant fair at Dalswinton Mill:
Sunday 10 August, 11 - 5pm
Dalswinton Mill, Dalswinton DG2 0XY
Garden, talks, music, refreshments, specialist plants for sale
Adult admission £6, children free
Open for charity raising funds for Loch Arthur Camphill Community and Scotland’s Gardens Scheme charities
This year, the Garden Owners of Dalswinton Mill have arranged something rather special for their garden open day on Sunday 10 August.
As well as the opportunity to explore this wonderful, evolving garden with the Pennyland stream running right through the centre, owners Colin and Pamela Crosbie have also organised a mini plant fair with some wonderful specialist nurseries, so visitors can come and find some plant treasures to take home. Not only that, there will be music through the afternoon by the Loch Arthur Band and lovely home-made cakes and refreshments.
There will also be horticultural demonstrations and talks through the afternoon, some by Colin Crosbie, a horticultural expert in his own right as a former gardener to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Curator at RHS Garden Wisley, Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Trustee and, most recently Colin and the garden has appeared on Beechgrove.
The open day will be raising funds for a great cause, the nearby Loch Arthur Community charity, which supports and empowers adults with learning disabilities by helping them to learn practical skills through growing and making produce at their farm, and living within a supportive family community.
As well as the nurseries, The Scottish Rock Garden Club will have a stall. Several of their members will be giving demonstrations on how to plant troughs and small containers.
It really promises to be a wonderful day so please do come and enjoy the garden, pick up some top tips and some special plants to take home - and help to raise funds for charity!
Joining us at Dalswinton Mill will be the following nurseries:
Elizabeth Macgregor Nursery
Elizabeth’s family nursery in Kirkcudbright has won RHS gold medals. Elizabeth is a wonderful plant breeder and has bred wonderful selections of plants including Crocosmia, Eryngium and the Wild Swan series of anemone to name but a few. Come and see her selection of perennials for sale on the day.
Tinnisburn Plants
We’re delighted to welcome Helen Knows from RHS Gold medal winning nursery Tinnisburn Plants. Helen will be bringing a wide range of truly hardy perennials and other plants that thrive in the north of the UK. She may even bring some of her beloved meconopis!
Hartside Nursery Garden
Also joining us will be Sue and Neil Huntley from Hartside Nursery Garden from over the border in Cumbria. Their multiple RHS Gold medal winning nursery grows a wide range of alpines and rock garden plants, choice woodland perennials, dwarf rhododendrons, ferns and much more. They will also have a good range of Roscoea on their stand and you will see may of these flowering in the garden at Dalswinton Mill.
Find out more about the work of the Loch Arthur Community:
Jacques Amand
We’re looking forward to welcoming John and Helen Amand from Jacques Amand International. Their bulb displays have won multiple RHS gold medals over the years and they will be bringing a range of bulbs including alliums, colchicum, snowdrops, cyclamen and some trilliums. There will also be the opportunity to order bulbs for delivery later in the season.
