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Total of 160 openings.

Bradystone House

Murthly PH1 4EW
Mrs James Lumsden

Thursday 2 June, Thursday 9 June, Thursday 16 June, Thursday 23 June & Thursday 30 June, 11am - 4pm (2022)

T:01738 710308 E:pclumsden@me.com

A small, intimate cottage garden converted from a derelict farm steading to create a unique and tranquil setting. The sunny courtyard is imaginatively planted with interesting perennials, clematis and roses. There is a small, productive kitchen garden and a newly planted orchard with free-roaming hens and ducks. The small woodland garden is underplanted with ornamental shrubs.

Directions: From south/north follow the A9 to Bankfoot, then signs to Murthly. At the crossroads in Murthly take the private road to Bradystone.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance 60%

Laidlawstiel House

Clovenfords, Galashiels TD1 1TJ
Mr and Mrs P Litherland

Thursday 2 June, Wednesday 15 June & Wednesday 31 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

Walled garden containing herbaceous border, fruit, and vegetables in raised beds. There are colourful rhododendrons and azaleas as well as splendid views down to the River Tweed.

Directions: On the A72 between Clovenfords and Walkerburn turn up the hill signposted for Thornielee. The house is on the right at the top of the hill.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Young Lives vs Cancer 60%

Primula Garden at Reswallie

Reswallie, Forfar DD8 2SA
Colin Gair

Thursday 2 June, Tuesday 7 June, Thursday 9 June, Tuesday 14 June, Thursday 16 June, Tuesday 21 June, Thursday 23 June, Tuesday 28 June & Thursday 30 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

T:07747 688402 E:colingair161@btinternet.com

The garden started as a wedding gift of primula to Colin and his wife Iris in 1971. Colin moved to Reswallie in 2011 after Iris died, and he maintains and expands her collection as a tribute. Space was created to expand the original garden by the collapse of trees, the removal of Rhododenron ponticum, excavations in search of a family dog and the destruction of a rabbit warren. Today there are 45 species of primula, including rare ones, each with a sign including name, country of origin, flower colour and flowering season. These are planted among meconopsis, miniature rhododendron, hostas, various bulbs and many other plants. The garden is also in memory of David Lloyd-Jones and Helen Lloyd-Jones who died after the garden had started. The garden has been extended with more plantings and footpaths for 2022.

Directions: Take the A932 from Forfar and signposted to Arbroath. Continue about three miles and turn left signposted to Reswallie. Take the second right down the hill.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Macmillan Cancer Support 30% & Marie Curie 30%

Shepherd House

Inveresk, Musselburgh EH21 7TH
Sir Charles and Lady Fraser

Thursday 2 June, Tuesday 7 June, Thursday 9 June, Tuesday 14 June, Thursday 16 June, Tuesday 21 June, Thursday 23 June, Tuesday 28 June & Thursday 30 June, 2pm - 4pm (2022)

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T:0131 665 2570 E:ann.shepherdhouse@gmail.com

W:www.shepherdhousegarden.co.uk

A constantly evolving artist’s garden that never stands still, with lots of surprises including a shell house built in 2014, lavender parterres, a rill and fountains. At its heart are the plants filling every border, spilling over arches and lining paths, which are the inspiration for Ann’s paintings. The season starts with the snowdrop collection of over 70 cultivars, moves on through hellebores, tulips, irises and roses. One of the garden's features is a mirror steel diamond sculpture to commemorate the Frasers' diamond wedding anniversary and 60 years in this garden.

Directions: The garden is near Musselburgh. From the A1 take the A6094 exit signposted Wallyford and Dalkeith and follow signs to Inveresk.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: LMN Scotland 60%

The Potting Shed

Broughton Place, Broughton, Biggar ML12 6HJ
Jane and Graham Buchanan-Dunlop

Wednesday 8 June, Wednesday 15 June, Wednesday 22 June, Wednesday 29 June & Wednesday 6 July, 11am - 5pm (2022)

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T:01899 830574 E:buchanandunlop@btinternet.com

A one-acre garden begun from scratch in 2008, on an exposed hillside at 900 feet. It contains herbaceous plants, climbers, shrubs and trees - all selected for wind resistance and ability to cope with the poor, stony soil. There are usually fine views to the Southern Uplands.

Directions: Signposted from the main A701 Edinburgh - Moffat Road, immediately north of Broughton village.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Macmillan Cancer Support: Borders General Hospital 60%

29 Scaur O'Doon Road

Ayr KA7 4EP
Mr C Tucker

Friday/Saturday/Sunday/Monday, 10/11/12/13 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01292 443206 E:clivet72@gmail.com

And in the beginning (1975) there was sand…and wind…and salt…and small children so it took around 20 years to establish shelter-belts of shrubs in key locations and these in turn determined the layout and development of the garden. This has now evolved into four separate gardens, each with its own characteristics. The exotic garden boasts magnolia, olive, fig, choisya, callistemon and desfontania amongst many others. The woodland garden contains inter alia ilex, copper beech, laburnum and includes a spectacular Sole Grande specimen. The most recent development has been the terraced garden with several varieties of hebe, cistus, spirea, plus various sedums and herbaceous plants but is still very much a work in progress. The hanging garden is potentially a major attraction and an artificial bog is under construction, along with the development of a kitchen garden. Over the years, soil has been imported and incorporated in the ground but the main source of humus and body has been seaweed, with a plentiful supply just beyond the front entrance and compost, annual production of which is now over one cubic metre per annum. The garden has been described as one of surprise and this accords with the basic philosophy behind it.

Directions: On the A77 bypass approaching the town follow the signs for Stranraer until the far end until you come to the turning for Alloway. Doonfoot and Heads of Ayr are on the right. Follow the road, keeping left at the roundabout, for about half-a-mile to the T junction at the Burns Centre and turn left. After crossing over the bridge turn right into Longhill Avenue and carry straight on across the roundabout and down Earls Way. Turn right at the T junction and then into the seafront car park. The entrance to the garden is at the end of the cul-de-sac on Castle Walk, where there is a public car park 50 metres from the front gate. Buses 9 and 361 from the centre of town.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Clydesdale Parkinson's Group 60%

89 Ravenscroft Street

Edinburgh EH17 8QS
Andrew and Alex Gray Muir

Sunday 12 June, Thursday 16 June & Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

A large walled garden, full of surprises, in the old mining village of Gilmerton. Planting includes mature trees, roses and herbaceous borders. There is also a potager. Andrew and Alex Gray Muir have been there for over 50 years but say the garden is still a work in progress. There are plenty of seats so bring a thermos and sit and enjoy the garden.

Directions: Buses 29 and 3 come to the end of the street - look out for Tanz on the left and get off at the next stop. It is a nine-minute walk up Ravenscroft Street. Buses 7 and 11 come to Hyvots Bank. A short walk up Ravenscroft Place will bring you to Ravenscroft Street, where you turn right up a short stretch of unmetalled road. If you come by car, park on the public road and walk up the last 50 yards. If necessary, passengers can be dropped off in the yard in front of the house.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Bethany Christian Trust 60%

Balhary Walled Garden

Balhary, Alyth, Blairgowrie PH11 8LT
Teri and Paul Hodge-Neale

Friday/Saturday, 17/18 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

W:https://www.facebook.com/balharywalledgarden/

Opening on its own for the first time, this two-acre working walled garden is being lovingly restored back to full production with the development of the 'no dig' method to grow many varieties of vegetables with impressive results. The maturing herbaceous borders have the space to encourage drifts of colour and interest throughout the seasons. The walls that surround the garden give microclimate conditions, allowing for the culture of heritage and new varieties. Paul and Teri also have their own private Therapy Garden which is a beautiful space with serene water features, statuary, stonework and unusual plants, and available to visit at specific times.

Directions: Situated between Alyth and Meigle on the B954 opposite the sign to Jordanstone.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Perennial 60%

A Blackbird Sings

20 Kings Park, Longniddry EH32 0QL
Graham and Maxine Pettigrew

Saturday 18 June, 10am - 5pm (2022)

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T:01875 853003

A long garden (35m) in a corner site of Glassel Park Estate. Planting is mostly by plant type - heathers, hosta, grasses, ferns, paeony, iris, alpine, rose - in ‘gardens within the garden’. Water features abound and an unheated conservatory contains cacti and insectivorous plants. Liquidambar, ‘kousa’ cornuses, contorted robinia, cherries, magnolia and rowan hupehensis provide vertical structure within the limited space. A flowering presence throughout the year complements our interest in bees and butterflies.

Directions: By car: Enter Dean Road from A198, right at Kings Avenue, right at Kings Park. By bus (124): Old Dean Road stop, down Old Dean Road, right at Kings Avenue, right at Kings Park.

Admission: by donation

Charities: St.Columba’s Hospice Care 30% & Leuchie 30%

Dallachy

Logie Coldstone, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire AB34 5PQ
Graeme Law and Toby Johns

Saturday/Sunday, 18/19 June, 10:30am - 4:30pm. Open by timed bookings due to limited parking space - please email the owners at gandt5755@sky.com to reserve your spot. (2022)

E:gandt5755@sky.com

A half-acre garden at 200m, with views to Morven and the hills, which has been developing from a blank canvas since 2016. It features several different areas including lawns with mixed borders, courtyard garden, scree garden, pond, small orchard/fruit garden and summer house. All are planted with a mixture of hardy trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs to give year-round interest and to be wildlife friendly. There are several different seating areas to take advantage of the sun or shelter from the weather!

Directions: Take the A97 to Logie Coldstone, turn up the lane between the former church/war memorial and the old post office. Take the first left in front of 'Culharvie' onto unmade road, Dallachy is the third house on the right.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: The Seed Box Limited 60%

Woodfall Gardens

Glasserton DG8 8LY
Ross and Liz Muir

Saturday/Sunday, 18/19 June, 10:30am - 4:30pm (2022)

E:woodfallgardens@btinternet.com

W:www.woodfall-gardens.co.uk

This lovely three-acre 18th-century triple walled garden has been thoughtfully restored to provide year-round interest. It contains many mature trees and shrubs, including some less common species, herbaceous borders and shrub roses which surround the foundations of original greenhouses, grass borders, a parterre, extensive beds of fruit and vegetables, a herb garden and a small woodland walk. This unusual garden is well worth a visit.

Directions: Two miles south west of Whithorn at junction of A746 and A747 (directly behind Glasserton Church).

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Whithorn Primary School 60%

Torwood

Milton of Ogilvie, Glenogilvy, Glamis by Forfar DD8 1UN
John Gordon

Saturday/Sunday, 18/19 June, 11am - 4pm (2022)

T:07988 010418 E:j.gordon.82@btinternet.com

W:www.gardendisplays.co.uk

A small, attractively laid-out country garden striving towards year-round interest, enjoyment and relaxation through association and succession planting of trees, shrubs, herbaceous, ornamental grasses, perennials and bulbs. John's aim for his gardening is to focus on ecologically-based, wildlife-friendly planting schemes, guided by natural and semi-natural habitats. This approach is demonstrated beautifully in his garden, separated into rooms focusing on different colour schemes and styles, including a small woodland area, mixed borders and prairie-style planting.

Directions: Take A928 between Kirriemuir turnoff on A90 or Glamis turnoff on A94. Follow road signposted Glenogilvy, Handwick, Dryburn. Torwood is second house from the end on the left.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Alzheimer Scotland 60%

Inveresk Village

Inveresk, Musselburgh EH21 7TT
The Gardeners of Inveresk

Saturday/Sunday, 18/19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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E:ianorrgardens@gmail.com

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Inveresk Village invites keen gardeners everywhere to enjoy the beauty of domestic gardens, allotments and a National Trust Property on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19June from 2pm - 5pm. To tempt you further there will be refreshments by Beanstalk, baked goods by Mint Fig and ice cream from Luca’s accompanied by clàrsach music from Elinor Evans.

Inveresk has said goodbye to two very loyal garden openers, but is presenting new gardens - one a moderate-sized garden attached to a Victorian villa, the other a well-developed garden attached to a gatehouse cottage. These are in addition to previously opened gardens — one a television star, one complementing an eco house, one large tiered garden and one garden surrounding the house of the previous area coal mine manager. The National Trust Scotland property, Inveresk Lodge Garden, has great potential for children with pond dipping an ever-popular pursuit at this venue. Musselburgh’s highly-rated allotments will also be open within the circular trail which passes a very interesting topiary hedge outside a cottage in Double Dykes. The mix of large and small gardens, some of which are wrapped round by high stone walls and others more exposed to the wind and relatively dry climate, will offer visitors many ideas to think over when they return home. The Romans recognised the quality of the soil in this area when they settled here during the Antonine era between 140 and 165 AD and some of the land may well have been in continuous cultivation since then. The village gardens are open over two days for the first time. Enthusiasts can visit on both days if they retain their village map and a sticky badge.

Directions: Southside of Musselburgh on the A6124- Please follow all parking advice. Parking on both sides of the village road is FORBIDDEN as it would impede emergency vehicles. If coming by car please use the signed car parking at Musselburgh Grammar School or the field on Crookston Road. The 140 bus stops in the village.

Admission: £7.00, children free

Charities: LMN Scotland: Live Music Now 52% & The National Trust for Scotland 8%

Dundonald Village Gardens

Dundonald, Kilmarnock KA2 9HG
The Gardeners of Dundonald

Saturday 18 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Glenfoot House (NEW) 58 Main Street KA2 9HG (Helen Press): This mature but evolving garden is south facing for the most part, wrapping round the old village manse. The garden looks across farmland and the historic woodland of Dundonald Glen. Divided into sections including shady woodland, vegetable and a cut flower garden, newly restored greenhouse and large lawned area enclosed by herbaceous borders, the planting comprises mature shrubs, old fashioned roses and hardy perennials in a romantic cottage garden style of loose planting.

Kirk Style (NEW) 53 Main Street KA2 9HH (Gillian Meldrum): Originally part of the old smithy for Dundonald, this modestly sized enclosed family garden runs the length of the lane from the church to the village church hall. A haven for pollinators and wildlife, the garden is zoned for family life with a custom-built gazebo, and zones for relaxation, play and greenhouse. A mature magnolia generously under planted with hellebores, astrantia and other lovers of dappled shade divides the garden. Chickens are at the heart of this organic garden, which includes maturing apple, mirabelle and birch trees. Planting is informal cottage style with a wide variety of plants, colour and texture.

The Coach House (NEW) 58a Main Street KA2 9HG (Sheila Payne): The Coach House was the stable block for the original manse. The small gravel garden faces south-west overlooking the church glebe, ancient Dundonald Woods and the historic castle. Interesting shrubs and small trees, attractive for their flowers, compliment herbaceous planting with old-fashioned roses, climbers and peonies.

Directions: Five miles south of Kilmarnock/north of Prestwick. Take the left off the A77 onto the B730. Follow signs to Dundonald and castle. Glenfoot House is directly opposite the Auchens pub at the end of the drive. Kirk Style is directly opposite the church at the top of Main Street by a gate on the right-hand side. The Coach House is at the end of the small right-hand drive directly opposite the Auchens pub.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Dundonald Parish Church 60%

Braevallich Farm

by Dalmally PA33 1BU
Mr Philip Bowden-Smith

Sunday 19 June, 12pm - 5:30pm (2022)

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T:01866 844246 E:philip@brae.co.uk

Discover two gardens, one at the farm and the upper garden further up the hill. The former is approximately one-and-a-half acres and developed over the last 40 years. Its principal features include dwarf rhododendron, azaleas (evergreen and deciduous), large drifts of various primula and meconopsis and bluebells, and mixed herbaceous perennials/shrubs; there is also quite a serious kitchen garden. The second garden has been developed over the last 30 years out of a birch and sessile oak wood and is a traditional West Coast glen garden intersected by two pretty burns with waterfalls. The garden has been extended over the last few years and now covers nearly ten acres with extensive new paths, and a suspension bridge over the ravine. Whilst the plants are important, many say that it is the topography with its differing vistas which make this garden such a peaceful and special place. The bud-set for 2022 appears to be truly exceptional so it should be a spectacular year - frosts allowing!

Directions: Southeast of Loch Awe on the B840, 15 miles from Cladich, seven miles from Ford.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Mary's Meals 60%

Heatherwick Farm

Kintore, Inverurie AB51 0UQ
Lucy Narducci

Sunday 19 June & Sunday 26 June, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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This old farmhouse garden of one and a half acres has been regenerated over the past eight years and continues to evolve and develop. It has an open, spacious feel and new landscaping with additional planting has created distinct areas. The garden includes a formal square front lawn with perennial borders, a kitchen garden surrounded by orchard and a recently added native grass and wildflower meadow.

Directions: Please use postcode AB51 0RQ for SatNav and the location as per the map on this page. From Inverurie centre, take the B9001 southwards. At the corner of St Mary's Place and St James's Place follow signs for Keithhall. Then follow signs for Balbithan. Heatherwick is signposted and on the left after Hogholm Stables. It is three miles from the centre of Inverurie.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Myeloma UK 60%

The Gardens of Milton of Campsie

Milton of Campsie G66 8EA
The Gardeners of Milton of Campsie

Sunday 19 June, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07958 760169

18 James Boyle Square (NEW)

G66 8JN (Hugh and Vivian Prichard): Developed from scratch a few years ago, this peaceful, colourful garden holds a wide variety of perennial plants as well as hanging baskets, a well-stocked greenhouse and summer bedding plants which can be grown by anyone who loves gardening.

19 Maple Avenue (NEW)

G66 8BB (Dr John Wallace Hinton): This south facing and sloping garden has a central wild ‘meadow' with wild orchids and other wildflowers. Surrounded by trees and creepers, it gives a feeling of being in the countryside. This is a garden where grass cutting and weeding is avoided! There are seats and benches on the terraces for visitors to relax.

2 Kirton Crescent (NEW) G66 8DP (Mr and Mrs McFarlane): This very pretty cottage style garden is a great example of what can be achieved. It has lots of traditional cottage plants, and a greenhouse. The Garden Owner shows an ability to make the most of an error of measurement, in his words ‘On purchasing a new garden table, our crazy paved patio was too small, we had to re-lay the area and used the pavers to build three small retaining walls.’

Attadale, 31 Birdston Road (NEW)

G66 8BX (Ian and Helen McCulloch): A Victorian garden with lovely rockeries to the front. At the rear, there are borders with flowers and ferns, a raised pond and seating areas with an impressive and beautiful bank of rhododendrons in the main garden.

56 Lochiel Drive (NEW) G66 8EU (Ann Pert): A small garden with a variety of plants, including Himalayan poppies, Virginia creeper, wood anemones, mature jasmine, philadelphus, flowering currant, forsythia, herbs and many more. The balcony is made from recycled scaffold boards.

Marengo Cottage, 8 Campsie Road (NEW) G66 8EA (Angela Welsh): This garden emphasises wildlife and has many quirky features. It contains fruit trees, a vegetable patch, a small pond and if you can spot him, a topiary rabbit. The garden is surrounded by various mature trees where birds can nest and insects can hide. There are lots of nooks and crannies which will delight children.

Milton of Campsie Community Garden (NEW) Campsie Road G66 8EU The community garden is the creation of one man covering roughly an acre of hillside beside the Glazert Water. Memorial gardens, various bespoke and unusual seating, a barbecue and pond areas, borders with local brick and willow woven fencing. It is a work in progress, the latest addition being a 'ruin' with a usable chimney. There is a steep slope down to the garden which requires caution.

Willow Cottage, 11 Lochiel Drive (NEW) G66 8EU (Glynis and Sarah Ainsworth) Our Mother and Daughter Garden has evolved over many years. This garden shows our eclectic taste which is reflected in the planting, themed garden rooms, planters, and pots. Colour, scent and texture are important aspects with several varieties of David Austin roses. The ‘Indian Cottage’ affords a superb view of our much-loved pond. We encourage a variety of wildlife to our garden. The honeysuckle pergola is brimming with flora and fauna. It is our hope that we have created a welcoming space that intrigues, delights and inspires all who visit.

Directions: From Glasgow, Kirkintilloch, Bishopbriggs Bus numbers X85, 89, 88. By road B757 Sat Nav using postcode G66 8EU. There will be various parking signs posted around the village.

Admission: £7.00, children free

Charities: Royal Free Charity: Amyloidosis Research Fund 60%

Meadow Place

19 Meadow Place EH9 1JR
Jan Wilson

Sunday 19 June, 1:30pm - 4:30pm (2022)

T:0131 229 8316 E:janwilson1920@gmail.com

The secret garden of Meadow Place is the walled garden of a Georgian house that was built in 1816. The owner has been tending the garden for 46 years and the garden is now patios, pots and flower beds rather than the lawn and roses of yesteryear. The planting is a mixture of trees, shrubs and herbaceous flowers.

Directions: The garden is down the lane off Roseneath Terrace. Look for the brown garage door. Buses 24, 41.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Maggie's 60%

Garden Cottage, Knockhill

Lockerbie, Dumfries DG11 1AW
Mrs Yda Morgan

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01576 300232 E:yda@morganbellows.co.uk

Part of the old Walled Garden of Knockhill, recently redesigned as a garden for the renovated garden bothy. A wildflower meadow is an interesting aspect, ever changing and Yda loves sharing her observations of the last five years. Two borders of shrubs and herbaceous plants, fruit trees and other nooks and crannies of interest. Lovely parkland with magnificent trees adjoins the garden and you are welcome to roam there.

Directions: 5 miles from Annan and Lockerbie just off the B723. From Lockerbie fork left at the sharp right-handed bend 1 mile before Hoddom Bridge. Knockhill is 300 yards on your left.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Marie Curie 60%

4 Cairndhu Gardens Plant Sale

Helensburgh G84 8PG
Mrs Kathleen Murray

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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This large Plant Sale offers an opportunity to obtain locally grown perennials, shrubs and alpines, some rare and unusual as well as border favourites. Kathleen's re-designed garden is now well stocked with trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, grasses and alpines . Visitors are welcome to view work in progress.

Directions: 4 Cairndhu Gardens is one-third of a mile west from the Commodore Hotel on the A814. Please follow signs. Please park in Cairndhu Avenue.

Admission: by donation

Charities: Macular Society 60%

Barnweil Garden

Craigie, near Kilmarnock KA1 5NE
Mr and Mrs Ronald W Alexander

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm - PLEASE SEE 'OTHER DETAILS' SECTION BELOW FOR INFORMATION ABOUT DIVERSIONS DUE TO ROAD WORKS (2022)

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E:ronaldwalexander@btinternet.com

The garden, now approaching 50 years in its development, surrounds an 18th century farmhouse with a large lawn on the south side, flanked by herbaceous borders with a soft colour palette of blue, pink, purple and white. The whole is surrounded by woodland walks featuring Oscar's ditch and lined with foliage plants including rodgersias, regal and ostrich ferns, red and white candelabra primulas, black iris and the rarely seen Peltiphyllum peltatum and Smilacina. Elsewhere in the woodland there is a fine gunnera stand and the Golden Glade with golden acer, philadelphus and other golden leaved shrubs and underplantings. On the north side of the house are rectangular borders flanking the view from the big arched window to Ben Lomond 60 miles away. On each side of these borders are long rose borders, backed by beech hedges. The roses, mostly David Austin, should be well into their first flush. In the autumn it is mainly about leaf colour with the acers and American oaks being particularly good and the last flush of the roses, with asters, sedums and gentians, still bringing colour to the borders.

Directions: Two miles from Craigie. Right off the B730, two miles south of the A77 heading to Tarbolton.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Tarbolton Parish Church of Scotland 40% & The Ridley Foundation 20%

Old Allangrange

Munlochy IV8 8NZ
J J Gladwin

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01463 811304 E:office@blackislegardendesign.com

The original garden surrounds an 18th-century orange lime-washed house. There is a formalish parterre in front of the house with loose planting in the individual beds, a terrace garden, lime pom pom bed planted with roses, herb garden, mound, orchard, all linked with various styles of hedges - pleached lime, yew, beech, box, holly, mixed. Recently we have started to remove perimeter wire fences and replace them with log walls and brash hedges. The hedges are treated with different degrees of formality. There is a five-acre organic vegetable garden laid out in a Triskele form, with two polytunnels. We use a no-dig system of cultivation within a permaculture design. We will also run workshops on all matters horticultural starting from 22 January.
Champion Trees: Yew and sweet chestnut

Directions: From Inverness head four miles north on the A9, and follow the directions for Black Isle Brewery. Park up at the Brewery and walk down to the garden. Directions will be given in the shop.

Admission: £7.50, children free

Charities: Black Isle Bee Gardens 60%

Ardverikie with Aberarder

Kinloch Laggan, Newtonmore PH20 1BX
The Feilden family, Mrs P Laing and Mrs E T Smyth-Osbourne

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5:30pm (2022)

T:01528 544300

Ardverikie Kinloch Laggan, Newtonmore PH20 1BX (Mrs P Laing and Mrs E T Smyth-Osbourne).

Lovely setting on Loch Laggan with magnificent trees. Walled garden with large collection of acers, shrubs and herbaceous plants. Architecturally interesting house (not open) featured in Monarch of the Glen and The Crown.

Aberarder Kinloch Laggan, Newtonmore PH20 1BX (The Feilden family).

The garden has been laid out over the last 20 years to create a mixture of spring and autumn plants and trees, including rhododendrons, azaleas and acers. The elevated view down Loch Laggan from the garden is exceptional.

Directions: On the A86 between Newtonmore and Spean Bridge. Ardverikie House entrance is at the east end of Loch Laggan via the bridge by Gatelodge. Aberarder Lodge entrance is about 200 meters west of the Ardverikie entrance, next to the small cottage.

Admission: £5.50, children free

Charities: Laggan Parish Church 30% & Highland Hospice 30%

Castle Kennedy and Gardens

Stranraer DG9 8SJ
The Earl and Countess of Stair

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01581 400225

W:www.castlekennedygardens.com

Romantically situated, these famous 75 acres of landscaped gardens are located on an isthmus surrounded by two large natural lochs. At one end, the ruined Castle Kennedy overlooks a beautiful herbaceous walled garden with Lochinch Castle at the other end. With over 300 years of planting, there is an impressive collection of rare trees, rhododendrons, exotic shrubs and many spectacular Champion Trees. The stunning snowdrop walks, daffodils, spring flowers, rhododendron and magnolia displays and herbaceous borders make this a ‘must visit’ garden throughout the year.
Champion Trees: 95 in total; including 12 British, 30 Scottish, 44 for Dumfries and Galloway and 9 trees described as ‘otherwise remarkable’.

Directions: On the A75, five miles east of Stranraer. The nearest train station is in Stranraer. On a local bus route.

Admission: details can be found on the garden's website

Charities: Home-Start Wigtownshire 60%

Clonyard Farm

Colvend, Dalbeattie DG5 4QW
Matthew and Pam Pumphrey

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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E:clonyard@btinternet.com

Informal garden around traditional stone buildings with views over pasture, wetland and a loch to mature mixed forest. There is an ornamental vegetable garden, and around the house, mixed plantings merge from sun to shade and woodland planting to provide all-year-round interest. The garden joins a wildflower meadow dominated by black knapweed and established yellow rattle. It features three species of native orchids and a former mill pond, a notable damselfly site. Both are maintained specifically to allow native wildlife and plants to thrive. There are meadow, wetland and woodland walks to two lochs and a crannog.

Directions: On the north side of the A710 approximately four miles from the crossroads with the A711 in Dalbeattie, adjacent to Clonyard House Hotel and one mile from Colvend village. Parking at the Farm or Hotel as signposted on the day. There is a limited bus service on Sunday afternoon from Dalbeattie but current timetables should be checked. Clonyard Farm is a request stop.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust 30% & Birchvale Theatre 30%

Moray Place and Bank Gardens

Edinburgh EH3 6BX
The residents of the Moray Feu

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Join us in our bicentenary year to enjoy spring, summer and winter flowers and foliage.

Bank Gardens Edinburgh EH3 6BX : Nearly six acres of secluded wild gardens with lawns, trees and shrubs with banks of bulbs down to the Water of Leith and stunning views towards Dean Bridge.

Moray Place Edinburgh EH3 6BX : Private garden of three-and-a-half acres in the Georgian New Town is framed by the polygon of Moray Place, and is laid out with shrubs, trees and flower beds offering an atmosphere of tranquillity in the city centre.

Directions: Bank Gardens Enter by the gate at the top of Doune Terrace. Moray Place Enter by the north gate in Moray Place.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Euan Macdonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research 60%

Dippoolbank Cottage

Carnwath ML11 8LP
Mr Allan Brash

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 6pm (2022)

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Artist’s intriguing cottage garden. Vegetables are grown in small beds. There are herbs, fruit, flowers and a pond in woodland area with a treehouse and summerhouse. This is an organic garden that was mainly constructed with recycled materials. The highlight of your visit will be the stunning display of a Meconopsis cultivar, first discovered here a few years ago and now named Meconopsis 'Dippoolbank'.

Directions: Off the B7016 between Forth and Carnwath near the village of Braehead on the Auchengray road. Approximately eight miles from Lanark. Well signposted.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire) 60%

No 14 - A Village Garden

14 Taylor Avenue, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire PA10 2LS
Nigel and Catriona Scriven

Sunday 19 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Last opened in 2016 this third-of-an-acre village garden in a setting with a borrowed landscape, has been improved and enhanced over that time with an extended border, vegetable garden, pond and established orchard. Planted so there is always something out or in flower through the year. June will be a good time to enjoy the David Austin roses, irises and Kalmia, the wildflower strip and summer annuals.

Directions: From A737 travelling west, take the Kilbarchan turning, drive through the village, up Shuttle Street and Taylor Avenue is on the left. From A737 travelling east, take Howwood turning, through the village towards Johnstone, left at mini-roundabout, pass the bus depot and Milliken Park rail station, to the mini-roundabout and left into Kilbarchan, then as above through the village. From A761 Bridge of Weir, take the Kilbarchan road. As you enter Kilbarchan, Taylor Avenue is the second turning on the right. Look out for SGS signage. McGill's Bus 38 from Glasgow/Paisley stops near Taylor Avenue. National cycle route 7 goes through Kilbarchan.

Admission: £3.50, children free

Charities: St Vincents Hospice Limited 30% & Scottish Wildlife Trust Ltd 30%

Craig Hepburn Memorial Garden

Stirling Drive, Linwood PA3 3NB
Linwood High School

Wednesday(3pm - 6pm)/Thursday(4pm - 6pm), 22/23 June (2022)

3c846

T:01505 336146 E:gw07hindelesley@glow.sch.uk

W:facebook.com/welovegardening14/

The Craig Hepburn Memorial Garden and Outdoor Learning Centre is located in Linwood High School. Our original garden with an outdoor classroom has been expanded to include community raised beds, an orchard, greenhouse and presentation area. We work with all years in the school, reconnecting them to the natural world, whether through growing in our organic garden, encouraging biodiversity or learning about sustainability. Winners of the Cultivation Street competition 2020.

Directions: Exit the M8 at St James Interchange and take the A737. Take the exit for Linwood onto the A761, follow to Clippens Road and then Stirling Drive. Accessible by McGill's Buses.

Admission: £3.50, children free

Charities: Teenage Cancer Trust 60%

Aldouran Wetland Garden

Glen Road, Leswalt DG9 0LJ
The Volunteers at Aldouran Wetland Garden

Saturday 25 June, dawn - dusk (2022)

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W:aldouran.org

Aldouran Glen, which means 'Glen of the Otter', is a unique blend of colourful community gardens, a natural water area with reed beds and a wild woodland with all-access trails, fairy doors and fantasy artwork including a nine foot Gruffalo.

Directions: The garden lies off Glen Road on the outskirts of the village of Leswalt, three miles from Stranraer on the A718. It is well signposted and can also be accessed by bus from Stranraer, being a stop on the Stranraer-Kirkcolm service.

Admission: by donation

Charities: Aldouran Wetland Garden Leswalt 60%

Bonnington House by Jupiter Artland

Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston EH27 8BY
Robert and Nicky Wilson

Saturday 25 June, 10am - 4pm. Admission £10.00, children free. Friends of Jupiter Artland £5.00. Advance tickets are available online, or Visitors can purchase at the gate. (2022)

0c45

T:01506 889900

W:jupiterartland.org

The gardens at Bonnington House were designed by Nicky Wilson and Arabella Lennox-Boyd, comprising a parterre, laburnum arch, labyrinth, terrace gardens and a lawn tennis court. A swimming pool designed by Joana Vasconcelos and the surrounding garden designed by Nicky Wilson and Thomas Unterdorfer were opened in 2019 and featured in many publications, both national and international. Bonnington House is surrounded by Jupiter Artland, an award-winning contemporary sculpture park founded in 2009 by Robert and Nicky Wilson. Please note that entry to Jupiter Artland can be booked separately.

Directions: Follow the postcode EH27 8BY and access via the main entrance to Jupiter Artland on the B7015, just off the A71. There is no access via Bonnington village. Jupiter Artland is well signposted and there is ample parking within the grounds. Frequent bus services from Edinburgh. Buses X27 and X28. For further details please visit the garden's website.

Admission: £10.00, children free

Charities: Prostate Scotland 60%

Underwood Lodge

Craigie, Kilmarnock, South Ayrshire KA1 5NG
Marilyn Badman

Saturday/Sunday, 25/26 June, 12pm - 5pm. PLEASE CONTACT THE GARDEN OWNER IN ADVANCE TO BOOK A TIMED SLOT (2022)

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T:01563 830439 E:mbadman1@sky.com

Underwood Lodge has a secluded garden surrounded by farmland and woodland which give some protection and adds to the ambience. The main structure of the garden has been in place for 19 years, however significant remodelling has taken place in the last three years. The one-acre garden comprises a variety of mature trees, shrubs, herbaceous and wallgrown plants. A woodland garden is at an embryonic stage with the construction of a woodland path, the planting of some semi-mature rhododendrons and some underplanting of woodland plants. The planting within all areas of the garden demonstrates an understanding of form and texture of plants, which adds to its enjoyment.

Directions: Southbound on the A77, pass Hansel Village and take the next left signposted Underwood/Ladykirk. Northbound on the A77 take the exit to Symington then first right, to join the Southbound Carriageway. Take the Underwood/Ladykirk turning. At the stone bridge, turn left and Underwood Lodge is the first house on the left. Please note daytime contraflow on the A77.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Annbank Parish Church Of Scotland 60%

The Tower

1 Northview Terrace, Wormit DD6 8PP
Peter and Angela Davey

Saturday/Sunday, 25/26 June, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01382 541635 M: 07768 406946 E:adavey541@btinternet.com

Situated four miles south of Dundee, this one-acre Edwardian landscaped garden has panoramic views over the River Tay. Set on a hill, a series of paths meander around ponds and a small stream, rockeries featuring hellebores and low-level planting, a curved lawn and larger borders. Original woodland paths lead to a granite grotto with a waterfall pool. At the rear of the house the vegetable garden features raised beds made from granite sets. The garden is colourful throughout the summer, with many architectural plants accentuating the clever hard landscape design.

Directions: From B946 park on Naughton Road outside Spar shop and walk up path on left following signs.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Dundee Chamber Music Club 60%

19 Gardiner Road

Edinburgh EH4 3RP
Ms Rae Renwick

Saturday 25 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

0c45

E:rae_renwick@yahoo.com

This is a newly designed (and surprisingly large) south-facing garden which had been neglected for some years. While the design retains much of the original structure, a circular theme was introduced to help define grass, pond and seating areas. The hard landscaping is specifically designed to give a feeling of space and openness and effectively joins the living quarters of the house to the garden itself. Some established trees, hedges and shrubs were retained and some much loved trees and shrubs from a previous garden were incorporated. Mixed planting of evergreens and herbaceous plants help to ensure year-round interest. There are also raised beds, vegetable and fruit plots as well as a greenhouse. The front area is minimalist and deliberately low maintenance.

Directions: Buses 43 from St Andrew Square or 41 from Kings Buildings. Get off at Blackhall Post Office.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Alzheimer Scotland 60%

Willowhill

Forgan, Newport-on-Tay DD6 8RA
Eric Wright and Sally Lorimore

Saturday 25 June & Monday 27 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

T:01382 542890 E:e.g.wright@dundee.ac.uk

W:www.willowhillgarden.weebly.com

An evolving three-acre garden. The house is surrounded by a series of mixed borders designed with different vibrant colour combinations for effect all season. Spectacular mix of roses, herbaceous perennials and annuals planted through the wide borders are a highlight in mid to late summer. A new ‘no dig’ 160-foot border in shades of white, blue, purple and pale yellow created in 2019/2020. Come and see! April and May for late spring bulbs and flowers; June and July for roses and high summer colour; August for late summer colour.

Directions: One-and-a-half miles south of Tay Road Bridge. Take the B995 to Newport off the Forgan roundabout. Willowhill is the first house on the left-hand side next to West Friarton Farm Strawberry Shed.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Rio Community Centre 50%

Lindsaylands

Biggar ML12 6NR
Steve and Alison Crichton

Sunday 26 June, 1:30am - 5:30pm (2022)

2c459

Lindsaylands was designed by the well known Scottish architect William Leiper and although built in 1869 it incorporates a much older building. The garden which complements the house features a collection of mature specimen trees set amongst extensive lawns. There are herbaceous borders, a beautiful Nepeta walkway, a working kitchen garden, greenhouses and woodland walks.

Directions: On Lindsaylands Road half a mile south west of Biggar.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Scottish Autism 30% & Cats Protection 30%

Bonnington House by Jupiter Artland

Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston EH27 8BY
Robert and Nicky Wilson

Sunday 26 June, 10am - 4pm. Admission £10.00, children free. Friends of Jupiter Artland £5.00. Advance tickets are available online, or Visitors can purchase at the gate. (2022)

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T:01506 889900

W:jupiterartland.org

Admission: £10.00, children free

Charities: Jupiter Artland Foundation: Orbit Youth Council 60%

Even More Gardens of the Lower New Town

Trail starts at Logie Green Gardens or NW Northumberland St. Lane EH7 4HE
Gardeners of Lower New Town

Sunday 26 June, 12pm - 4:30pm (2022)

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E:jw.homeoffice@gmail.com

A fascinating variety of horticultural creations bringing fresh air and wildlife into the heart of the city. From a steeply terraced Georgian town garden to newly landscaped front and back in a cul-de-sac; from densely planted courtyards behind traditional tenements to the inspiring 2021 winner of Channel 4's My Chelsea Garden competition. Lots of creative solutions to gardening in the city with year-round interest through a mix of seasonal planting and structural evergreens, which gardeners will be on hand to talk about.

Directions: Trail starts at Logie Green Gardens or NW Northumberland St. Lane. Buses 23, 27 to Dundas Street and Canonmills, 8 to Rodney Street and Canonmills, 36 to Hamilton Place and Broughton Road.

Admission: £8.00, children free

Charities: Médecins Sans Frontières 30% & Shelter Scotland 30%

Brechin Gardens in June

Locations across Brechin DD9 6AW
The Gardeners of Brechin

Sunday 26 June, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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9 Pearse Street Brechin DD9 6JR (James Mackie): Opening in memory of its creator Irene Mackie, the well-known plantswoman whose love of plants is reflected in every inch of this beautiful tranquil garden.

Bishops Walk 11A Argyll St, Brechin DD9 6JL (Steff and Mike Eyres): A hidden walled garden planted with scented climbing and shrub roses, lavender’s, perennials and evergreen shrubs and conifers including an established Woolemi.

Gardeners Cottage (NEW) Fern, Brechin DD8 3FF (Nick and Michelle Tonge): Surrounded by a listed wall this two-acre garden, neglected for many years, is now a labour of love for the new owners.

Hoodston House (NEW) Findowrie DD9 6RF (Kat and Aaron Robertson): A work-in-progress family garden and wildlife haven created from scratch within last two years on a tight budget.

Kirkton Cottage (NEW) Aberlemno DD8 3PE (George Henry and Susan Norris): Nestled in a dip beside a stream, this country cottage garden is packed with plants.

Latchlea 17A North Latch Road, Brechin DD9 6LE (Pamela Stevens): A new garden begun as a way of coping with bereavement. Inspired by the Queen saying that 'everyone should plant as many trees as possible'.

Rosehill West 15C North Latch Road, Brechin DD9 6LF (Robert and Jenny Martin): An acre of newly planted garden, formerly a field, featuring mature original trees, herbaceous areas, fruit trees (quince and crab apple), and a path through recently planted trees.

Lower Duncraig 2, Castle Street, Brechin, DD9 6JN (Jan and Andrew Crow)

A densely planted, small town garden including rambling roses and a small wildlife pond.

Smiddyhill (NEW) 23 Dalhousie Street, Brechin DD9 7BB (Ian and Morag Wood): A beautifully-tended town garden full of surprises including a New Zealand type weather indicator!

Directions: Gardens are located around the town of Brechin. Look for the SGS yellow arrows.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Gardner Community Association 30% & The Dalhousie Centre Day Care For The Elderly 30%

Newburgh - Hidden Gardens

Newburgh KY14 6AH
Gardeners of Newburgh

Sunday 26 June, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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Hidden behind the 18th-century facades of Newburgh High Street lie a jumble of wonderful old gardens, some of them dating back centuries. Many have spectacular views of the Tay Estuary. We are opening for the third time, having had to cancel last year's planned openings. The gardens will include some previously opened, as well as some opening in 2022 for the first time. Those previously opened will have been developed considerably, and, as before, there will be a wide mix of flowers, vegetables, herbaceous borders, orchards and a fair few hens and ducks.

Directions: On the A913 between Perth and Cupar. There is a car park at each end of the town, with tickets and teas available nearby.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Newburgh Community Trust 60%

Hatton of Fintray Village Gardens

Hatton of Fintray Village Hall AB21 0YG
Fintray Gardening Club

Sunday 26 June, 12:30pm - 4:30pm (2022)

2c679

W:https://fintray.chessck.co.uk/fintraygardeningclub

A trail around an historic rural estate village, 11 miles from Aberdeen City. The village has maintained its historic centre, along with the remains of a 17th century church and extensive tree-lined avenues. On view are a number of richly planted private gardens in a variety of styles from cottage gardens to more contemporary, along with small front gardens and vegetable patches. Hosted by the Fintray Gardening Club, there is also a chance to see work undertaken by the community to diversify and enhance the village green spaces, including a community orchard. There are also a number of wildflower areas planted for pollinators.

Directions: On the B977 – Fintray is three miles from Kintore, or five miles from Dyce; on the B979 (off the A96) – Fintray is three miles from Blackburn. Unfortunately there is no bus service. Car parking will be signposted and is available at the Lairds Park Recreation Area just next to the village hall. Cycle racks are available at the village hall and the recreation area.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Hatton of Fintray Community 60%

Ruthven House

Coldstream TD12 4JU
Keith and Karen Fountain

Sunday 26 June, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

2c67

T:01890 840680 E:ruthvenhouse@btconnect.com

The three acres of Ruthven’s garden have lovely views towards the Cheviots. The garden’s central feature is two ponds joined by a winding stream. The garden is composed of various differing areas - herbaceous borders, woodland areas, a gravel garden, a knot garden, rockeries, an orchard laid to meadow, a kitchen garden, a nuttery, a small lavender field and, adjacent to the house, a formal rose garden. Much of the work to create the garden from the original few small beds around the house has only been undertaken in the last few years, so the garden has not yet reached complete maturity. The latest projects involve the development of a new herbaceous border on the rear lawn; a quadrant bed for azaleas in the spring and dahlias and chrysanthemums later in the year, adjacent to the drive; and ornamental grass beds on the rear lawn. The small fold of Highland cattle in the adjacent field complete the scene.

Directions: Four miles north of Coldstream on the old Duns road.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Macmillan Cancer Support 60%

Tyninghame House and The Walled Garden

Tyninghame House, Dunbar EH42 1XW
Mrs C Gwyn, Tyninghame Gardens Ltd

Sunday 26 June, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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The formal walled garden combines the lawn, sculpture and yew hedges, an Apple Walk, extensive herbaceous planting including roses and peonies with an informal arboretum. Splendid 17th century sandstone Scottish baronial house, remodelled in 1829 by William Burn. The gardens include herbaceous border, formal rose garden, Lady Haddington’s Secret Garden with old fashioned roses and an extensive Wilderness spring garden with rhododendrons, azaleas, flowering trees and bulbs. Grounds include a one-mile beech avenue to the sea. The Romanesque ruin of St Baldred’s Church commands views across the Tyne Estuary and Lammermuir Hills. Tyninghame has been awarded ‘Outstanding’ for every category in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Scotland.
Champion Trees: Two British and seven Scottish

Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00380,

Directions: Gates on the A198 at Tyninghame Village. Bus 120.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Lynton Day Centre 30% & Tyninghame Village Hall 30%

Boarhills Village Gardens

Boarhills, St Andrews KY16 8PP
Gardeners of Boarhills

Sunday 26 June, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

2c467

E:bd.com.trust@btinternet.com

W:www.boarhillsanddunincommunitytrust.org

A varied group of village gardens, including some new gardens for 2022. An opportunity to stroll around this delightful village. Do not miss the community-owned Boarhills Doocot which is undergoing major restoration following a three-year fundraising campaign. The doocot is in the Boarhills Green Space - which also contains a small community orchard.

Directions: Boarhills Village

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Boarhills and Dunino Community Trust 60%

Gordonstoun

Duffus, near Elgin IV30 5RF
Gordonstoun School

Sunday 26 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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E:principalpa@gordonstoun.org.uk

W:www.gordonstoun.org.uk

Gordonstoun is famous for educating the Royal family, but its history dates much further back, including the 18th century Georgian home of the first marquis of Huntly. The school gardens consist of formal herbaceous borders, an ornamental lake and an apple orchard. Visitors will also be given a guided tour of the extensive school grounds including the unique 'Round Square' former farm building (now boarding house) which has an unusual echo and can stroll down the 'silent walk' to the 17th century kirk where former students including HRH Prince Philip would have worshipped.

Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00199

Directions: Entrance off B9012, four miles from Elgin at Duffus village.

Admission: £8.00, children free

Charities: All proceeds to SGS Beneficiaries

House of Aigas and Field Centre

by Beauly IV4 7AD
Sir John and Lady Lister-Kaye

Sunday 26 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01463 782443 E:info@aigas.co.uk

W:www.aigas.co.uk

The House of Aigas has a small arboretum of named Victorian specimen trees and modern additions. The garden consists of extensive rockeries, herbaceous borders, ponds and shrubs. Aigas Field Centre rangers lead regular guided walks on nature trails through woodland, moorland and around a loch.
Champion Trees: Douglas fir, Atlas cedar and Sequoiadendron giganteum

Directions: Four-and-a-half miles from Beauly on the A831 Cannich/Glen Affric road.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Highland Hospice: Aird branch 60%

Four Gardens in Anwoth

Anwoth, Gatehouse of Fleet DG7 2EF
Gardeners of Anwoth

Sunday 26 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Anwoth House (NEW) Anwoth, Gatehouse of Fleet DG7 2EF (Major William Peto): Two acres of formal and woodland gardens surrounding a charming 18th century house. Recent developments have lead to the garden having distinct areas including large borders in the walled garden, a croquet lawn border, a cottage garden and a lochan with woodland stream and interesting wild flowers.

Anwoth Old Schoolhouse Anwoth, Gatehouse of Fleet DG7 2EF (Mr and Mrs Pepper): Two acres of delightful cottage-style gardens behind the old schoolhouse and cottage in a picturesque setting opposite Anwoth Old Church (in ruins) and graveyard. Winding paths alongside a burn, informally planted with unusual woodland perennials and shrubs. Wildlife pond, fish pond, rock garden, vegetable garden, wildflower area and viewpoint.

Bambastie (NEW) Anwoth, Gatehouse of Fleet DG7 2EF (Ute Weber): The garden is very much a work in progress. The site is on a south facing slope with dry stone walls inhabited by a variety of wildlife. The borders are planted with a colourful mix of perennials, wild flowers and grasses.

Bush O'Bield (NEW) Anwoth, Gatehouse of Fleet DG7 2EF (Paul and Caroline Chilcott): Newly created small garden with an aim to create privacy and shelter. The project commenced in 2016 and includes a range of shrubs, roses with perennial scented plants a particular favourite.

Directions: Driving west on the A75, take the Anwoth turnoff about ½ a mile after Gatehouse of Fleet. Anwoth Church and Anwoth House are about ½ a mile along the road on the right and the other properties are nearby.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Marie Curie 60%

Altries

Maryculter, Aberdeenshire AB12 5GD
Mr and Mrs Melfort Campbell

Sunday 26 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

The Altries garden has been redesigned to give a feeling of space and to let in the light. The house itself is surrounded by a terraced area, borders and lawns. There is an exceptional view looking west up the River Dee, a woodland walk, a slate sphere sculpture using the original slates of the house following the refurbishment, a striking ten-foot wall making use of the down-takings of the house, a small new greenhouse with rose arbour path and further use of granite, and the original walled garden which has vegetables, fruit, and a picking garden. Each area of the garden has its own feeling of being a separate destination. Beautiful mature beech trees surround the area, giving a great sense of privacy.

Directions: From Bridge of Dee, follow the South Deeside road, B9077. Half a mile after Maryculter House Hotel, turn left at yellow SGS sign, and follow signs to car park. For SatNav follow AB12 5GJ.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: River Dee Trust 60%

Claremont

Redmill EH47 0JY
Trevor and Faye Yerbury

Sunday 26 June, Sunday 17 July & Sunday 7 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

3c69

E:info@yerburystudio.com

Claremont is an eclectic garden created over the past 18 years. Before the owners moved in it was just grass with a few rhododendrons. The garden has three areas, with various herbaceous borders to the front, some hostas from the owners' collection to the side - in all, the garden contains over 150 hostas and more herbaceous borders, plus a newly created stumpery to the rear. There are three ponds (one very large), a rockery, a dovecot, rose patio and a few interesting trees including a grand monkey puzzle. Even though the garden is situated only two minutes from Junction 4 of the M8, it is yet an idyllic peaceful oasis.

Directions: Take the M8 and leave at Junction 4 heading for Whitburn. At the first set of traffic lights turn right for Whitburn. After only 100 metres turn first right at a slightly hidden turning with bollards, come straight down, without turning, to the bottom of the hill to Claremont. The house name is on the small pillar to the right.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Alzheimer Scotland 30% & Breast Cancer Campaign Scotland 30%

Balcarres

Colinsburgh KY9 1HN
Lord and Lady Balniel

Sunday 26 June, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01333 340205 (Estate Office)

Balcarres House has been owned by the Lindsay family since the late 16th century and each generation has made their mark on the house and gardens. The formal gardens with their magnificent yew hedges and terraces were laid out by Sir Coutts Lindsay in the 1870s. Since then other changes have been made but the largest impact has come from the late Lady Crawford. She has been the inspiration for the garden and the driving force of much of what has been created in the past fifty years. The gardens come into their own in early summer with the Rose Garden in full bloom with a variety of Hybrid Teas and climbing roses such a Blairi II, Shropshire Lad & Lady Hillingdon. Herbaceous borders are bursting into life with a variety of Geranium, Astrantia, Viola, oriental poppies and Aquilegia. The Woodland & Chapel Walks will also be at their best with many different Hostas, Smilacina, and other diverse plants, shrubs and trees. Enjoy the walks to the Sawmill Pond planting, the Den and the Balcarres Craig.

Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00036

Directions: Half-a-mile north of Colinsburgh off A942. Bus to Colinsburgh.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Children 1st 60%

Haugh Garden

College of Roseisle IV30 5YE
Gwynne and David Hetherington

Sunday 26 June & Sunday 24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

2c67

T:01343 835790

Within our previously unmaintained two-acre hidden garden, we have created four different environments. Our mature woodland, with informal pond and 18th century farmhouse ruin, is filled with birdsong, insects and wildlife. Walks meander through early flowering snowdrops followed by hellebores, tulips and narcissi. Extensive herbaceous borders enclosing the lawns and orchard display vibrant colours. Various paths wind their way through young pine and birch woodland underplanted with shrubs and meadow areas. Lastly, our organic vegetable beds, soft fruit and polytunnel keep us self-sufficient all year round.

Directions: From Elgin take the A96 west, then the B9013 Burghead Road to the crossroads at the centre of College of Roseisle. The garden is on the right, enter from the Duffus Road. Car parking at the village hall off Kinloss road. Drop off and disabled parking is available at the house.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Alzheimer Scotland 30% & CHAS 30%

Little Sparta

Stonypath, Dunsyre ML11 8NG
Laura Robertson

Tuesday 28 June, 1pm - 4pm (2022)

T:07826 495677 E:contact@littlesparta.org.uk

W:https://www.littlesparta.org.uk/

Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s greatest work of art. Ian and Sue Finlay moved to the farm of Stonypath in 1966 and began to create what would become an internationally acclaimed garden across seven acres of a wild and exposed moorland site. Collaborating with stone carvers, letterers and other artists and poets, the numerous sculptures and artworks created by Finlay explore themes as diverse as the sea and its fishing fleets, our relationship to nature, classical antiquity, the French Revolution and the Second World War. Individual poetic and sculptural elements, in wood, stone and metal, are sited in relation to carefully structured landscaping and planting. Please note that there is a 700m uphill walk from the car park and livestock grazing in the fields. For visitors with limited mobility, it may be possible to book a space near the house; call the garden for details.

Directions: Check https://littlesparta.org.uk/visit/ for directions.

Admission: £9.00, children £5.00

Charities: Little Sparta Trust 60%

Blair Castle Gardens

Blair Atholl PH18 5TL
Blair Charitable Trust

Saturday 2 July, 9:30am - 4:30pm (2022)

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T:01796 481207 E:office@blair-castle.co.uk

W:www.blair-castle.co.uk

Blair Castle stands as the focal point in a designed landscape of some 2,500 acres within a Highland estate. Hercules Garden is a walled enclosure of about nine acres recently restored to its original 18th-century design with landscaped ponds, a Chinese bridge, contemporary plantings, vegetables and an orchard of more than 100 fruit trees. The glory of this garden in summer is the herbaceous border, which runs along the 275 yard south-facing wall. A delightful sculpture trail incorporates contemporary and 18th-century sculpture as well as eight new works, letter-carving on stone from the Memorial and Commemorative Arts charity’s 'Art and Memory Collection'. Diana’s Grove is a magnificent stand of tall trees including grand fir, Douglas fir, larch and wellingtonia running along the Banvie Burn, with the 12th-century ruins of St Bride’s Church on the far bank.

Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00059

Directions: Off A9, follow signs to Blair Castle, Blair Atholl.

Admission: details can be found on the garden's website

Charities: Donation to SGS Beneficiaries

Carbieston House

Coylton, Ayr KA6 5JU
Wilma Wilson

Saturday/Sunday, 2/3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Carbieston has a walled garden containing apple trees underplanted with peonies, salvias, daylilies and other species divided by rows of orthiopogons and cardoons combining to bring a sense of rhythm to the planting. The central sections continue to function as a bountiful kitchen garden thanks to the hard work and dedication of Alan who grows everything from seed. A cutting garden has recently been included in this walled area with many colourful dahlias. Other parts of the garden feature rose beds and a newly developed area has been planted with plants mainly from Asia. This is definitely a garden in progress, the current focus being on creating woodland areas full of hellebores and hydrangeas, again propagated by Alan who seems to manage to grow anything.

Directions: Take the A70 from Ayr. Just before Sundrum Caravan Park opposite Carbieston Byres Farm, turn left on to Uplands Road. At the top of the hill turn left through the white gate. Signed on A70 from the roundabout on A77 and from Coylton.

Admission: £5.00

Charities: ACCBSG 40% & Ramsbury School Development Trust 20%

The Old Schoolhouse

Kilry PH11 8HU
Carol & Richard Till

Saturday/Sunday, 2/3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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The garden extending to two-thirds of an acre comprises two distinct areas. Firstly, the original cottage-style garden with lawn and borders of mixed shrubs, perennials and annuals, enhanced by a variety of trees. The second area is a recently acquired paddock which is home to a polytunnel, a fruit cage, a Finnish BBQ hut with decking and a riverside deck on the bank of Kilry Burn which runs along the southern edge of the garden.

Directions: From Perth take A94 to Coupar Angus and just before Meigle take the B954 and follow signs to Glen Isla and then to Kilry, signed to the left. Follow road past Kilry Church then downhill, past former Kilry Primary School and continue for half a mile until reaching The Old School on the left. From Dundee take the A923 to Muirhead and then B954 to Meigle, turn right up B954 towards Glen Isla and then follow signs as above.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Willows Animal Sanctuary 30% & British Heart Foundation 30%

Morebattle Village Gardens

Kelso TD5 8QU
The Gardeners of Morebattle

Sunday 3 July, 10:30am - 5pm (2022)

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The attractive village of Morebattle lies seven miles south of Kelso in the foothills of the Cheviot range. It has an appealing range of colourful gardens to visit, formal and informal, large and small, looked after by enthusiastic gardeners. Wellgate, a former manse, is part of the quiet gardens movement. Outwith the village centre is a large cottage garden and two gardens of about an acre developed at a former farm steading, with extensive views of the Eildon Hills and beyond. The Granary has recently established stone terraces with shrub, vegetable and herbaceous beds. The Steading is a wildlife friendly organic garden which is aiming for self sufficiency in fruit and vegetables. It has a small meadow, ponds, orchard and vegetable areas, and informal rose and herbaceous borders. The open gardens are listed below.

21 Mainsfield Avenue (NEW) TD5 8QW (Liz Watson)

4 Renwick Gardens (NEW) TD5 8QB (Helen Cessford)

Caleb's Cottage (NEW) TD5 8QU (Sandra Redhead)

Mainsfield (NEW) TD5 8QW (Jane McIntyre):

The Granary (NEW) TD5 8QU (Roger Henderson)

The Steading (NEW) TD5 8QU (Ms Helen Kemp)

Wellgate (NEW) TD5 8QN (Matilda Hall)

Directions: Morebattle is seven miles south of Kelso and 10 miles east of Jedburgh. It is on the B6401 between Yetholm and Kalemouth. There is parking in the village and at the Granary.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Médecins Sans Frontières 30% & Friends of the Earth Scotland 30%

Bruckhills Croft

Rothienorman, Inverurie AB51 8YB
Paul and Helen Rushton

Sunday 3 July, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01651 821596 E:helenrushton1@aol.com

An informal country-cottage garden extending to three-quarters of an acre with a further acre as wildflower meadow and pond. There are several distinct areas which include a white border, a butterfly alley, kitchen garden with polytunnel, greenhouse and fruit cage, an orchard and a blue and yellow border. Relax on one of the many seats in the garden and soak up the atmosphere. Awarded National Collection status for Galanthus (snowdrops) in 2021
National Plant Collection: Galanthus

Directions: From Rothienorman take the B9001 north for two-and-a-half miles. On the S bend turn left. Take the second left (Bruckhills sign). At the farmyard turn sharp right (opposite farmhouse), and the croft is at the end of the lane.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Befriend A Child Ltd 60%

Stenton Village

Stenton, Dunbar EH42 1TE
Gardeners of Stenton Village

Sunday 3 July, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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Stenton (Stane Toon), with its ancient cottages of pink-purple hued sandstone and orange pantile roofs set around three village greens, has been awarded Outstanding Conservation status. The Neo-Gothic parish church designed by William Burn presides over the ruins of a 16th century tower and 17th and 18th century monuments in the kirkyard. There is a thriving horticultural society which holds a biennial horticultural show. The Open Gardens include a mix of walled cottage gardens of various sizes. Many are divided into garden-rooms with lush planting, garden ornaments, wild flower areas, ponds, seating areas, vegetable and fruit cultivation and much more. The gardens are managed intensively to provide year-round colour, interest and produce.

Directions: Follow signs from the A199/A1. There is a local bus run twice daily from Dunbar, information on www.eveinfo.co.uk. Parking, teas and toilet facilities are available at the Village Hall.

Admission: £7.00, children free

Charities: St.Columba’s Hospice Care 60%

Tillicoultry Parish Church Community Garden

Dollar Road, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire FK13 6PD
Mrs E Nicolson

Sunday 3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

T:01259 750040 or 07593166706 E:eleanornicolson@yahoo.co.uk

W:www.tillicoultryparishchurch.co.uk

A former orchard to the Manse of Tillicoultry Parish Church, this garden has been developed by a group of enthusiastic volunteers, from a derelict and unloved piece of ground into a much-loved haven for the local community. It is used for moments of quiet contemplation, for young children where they can safely and freely explore, for youth groups and for all members of the community. This space is a comfort and an inspiration to all who visit and it is a testimony to what can be achieved when a community comes together.

Directions: Located on the A91 - Dollar Road - next to Tillicoultry Parish Church. There is plenty of parking space to the rear of the church. The nearest bus stop is 'Cemetery stop' on X53 Kinross service from Stirling (approx 39 minutes.)

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Tillicoultry Parish Church of Scotland 60%

Dougarie

Isle of Arran KA27 8EB
Mrs S C Gibbs

Sunday 3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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E:office@dougarie.com

Most interesting terraced garden in a castellated folly built in 1905 to celebrate the marriage of the 12th Duke of Hamilton’s only child to the Duke of Montrose. Good selection of tender and rare shrubs and herbaceous border. Small woodland area with trees including azara, abutilon, eucryphia, hoheria and nothofagus.

Directions: Five miles from Blackwaterfoot. Regular ferry sailing from Ardrossan and Claonaig (Argyll). Information from Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, T: 01475 650100. Parking is free.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Pirnmill Village Association 60%

Southwick House

Southwick DG2 8AH
Mr and Mrs R H L Thomas

Sunday 3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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The extensive gardens at Southwick House comprise three main areas. The first is a traditional formal walled garden with potager and large glasshouse producing a range of fruit, vegetables and cutting flowers. Adjacent to this is a hedged formal garden with herbaceous, shrub and rose beds centred around a lily pond, with roses being a notable feature. Outwith the formal gardens there is a large water garden with two connected ponds with trees, shrubs and lawns running alongside the Southwick Burn.

Directions: On the A710 near Caulkerbush. Dalbeattie 7 miles, Dumfries 17 miles.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Loch Arthur 60%

Netherbyres

Eyemouth TD14 5SE
Col S J Furness

Sunday 3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01890 750337

An unusual elliptical walled garden, dating from 1740, with a mixture of flowers, fruit and vegetables. A very old pear tree, possibly dating from the 18th century, and the largest rose in Berwickshire, Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate'. A wide variety of roses and herbaceous borders.

Directions: Half-a-mile south of Eyemouth on the A1107 to Berwick.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Sovereign Order of St. John Charitable Trust 60%

Dunesslin

Dunscore DG2 0UR
Iain and Zara Milligan

Sunday 3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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E:zaramilligan@gmail.com

Set in the hills with wonderful views and borrowed landscapes, the principal garden consists of a series of connecting rooms filled with a great and interesting variety of herbaceous plants, beautifully designed and maintained. There is a substantial rock garden with alpines and unusual plants and a very pretty pond. There is a short walk to three cairns by Andy Goldsworthy, through an evolving woodland garden.

Directions: From Dunscore, follow the road to Corsock. About one-and-a-half miles further on, turn right at the post box, still on the road to Corsock and at small crossroads half a mile on, turn left.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Alzheimer Scotland 60%

Earlshall Castle

Leuchars KY16 0DP
Paul and Josine Veenhuijzen

Sunday 3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01334 839205

Extensive, exquisitely designed garden, which perfectly complements the Castle also restored by Sir Robert Lorimer in the 1890s. Fascinating topiary lawn, the finest in Scotland and for which Earlshall is renowned, rose terrace, croquet lawn with herbaceous borders, shrub border, box garden, orchard, kitchen and herb garden. Spectacular spring bulbs.

Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00168

Directions: On Earlshall Road, three-quarters of a mile east of Leuchars Village (off A919). Bus/train to Leuchars.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Leuchars St Athernase Parish Church 60%

Craigfoodie

Dairsie KY15 4RU
Mr and Mrs James Murray

Sunday 3 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01334 870291

Unusually, Craigfoodie House sits in its walled garden and the garden itself is on a sloping site, with the view from the upper terraces stretching beyond the garden into the valley below. The walled garden is quartered: the clock lawn is an original feature, as is a plump topiary bird. The parterre with its weeping silver pear trees, the malus lawn, pump garden, fountain garden and herbaceous border are traditional but recent features. An under-planted, pleached lime hedge, shrub rose border and a corridor of espalier fruit trees divide the various sections of the walled garden. Enjoy the Mediterranean-style terraces, informal

woodland garden, the grass tennis court and planting of young trees and shrubs (a current development area) and a stroll round the Knoll to its magnificent viewpoint. Craigfoodie has featured on The Beechgrove Garden and in articles in several national magazines.

Directions: On A91 from Cupar to St Andrews turn left at Dairsie School then follow signs.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: The Pitcairn Trust 60%

Torcroft

Balnain, Glenurquhart IV63 6TJ
Barbara Craig

Monday 4 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

E:barbaramcraig@gmail.com

This garden is about three-quarters of an acre on a hillside overlooking Loch Meiklie in Glen Urquhart. It is a wild garden, with its own character and style. There are weeds and cardamine for the orange-tip butterflies, but most of all there are plants in profusion from acer, anemone and astrantia to veronicastrum, verbascum, weigela and water lilies. A natural stream comes into the garden and meanders into various small ponds. In the spring there are masses of bog primula of all types and colours. There is a fern bed, a rockery, herbs, wooded area, a stumpery and another pond nearby.

Directions: From Inverness turn right at Drumnadrochit and go towards Cannich. After four miles, sign Balnain, there is a very sharp right-hand bend with a high retaining wall on the right. At the end of the wall take the turning to the right signposted Torcroft Lodges.

Admission: £3.00

Charities: Send a Cow 30% & Munlochy Animal Aid 30%

Little Sparta

Stonypath, Dunsyre ML11 8NG
Laura Robertson

Tuesday 5 July, 1pm - 4pm; (2022)

T:07826 495677 E:contact@littlesparta.org.uk

W:https://www.littlesparta.org.uk/

Directions: Check https://littlesparta.org.uk/visit/ for directions.

Admission: £9.00, children £5.00

Charities: Little Sparta Trust 60%

Shepherd House

Inveresk, Musselburgh EH21 7TH
Sir Charles and Lady Fraser

Tuesday 5 July, Thursday 7 July, Tuesday 12 July, Thursday 14 July, Tuesday 19 July & Thursday 21 July, 2pm - 4pm (2022)

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T:0131 665 2570 E:ann.shepherdhouse@gmail.com

W:www.shepherdhousegarden.co.uk

Directions: The garden is near Musselburgh. From the A1 take the A6094 exit signposted Wallyford and Dalkeith and follow signs to Inveresk.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: LMN Scotland 60%

Portmore

Eddleston EH45 8QU
Mr and Mrs David Reid

6 July - 31 August (Wednesdays only), 1pm - 5pm. (2022)

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T:07825 294388

W:www.portmoregardens.co.uk

Lovingly created by the current owners over the past 30 years; the gardens surrounding the David Bryce-designed mansion house contain mature trees and offer fine views of the surrounding countryside. Large walled garden with box-edged herbaceous borders is planted in stunning colour harmonies, potager, rose garden, pleached lime walk and ornamental fruit cages. The Victorian glasshouses contain fruit trees, roses, geraniums, pelargoniums and a wide variety of tender plants. There is also an Italianate grotto and water garden with shrubs and meconopsis. The woodland walks are lined with rhododendrons, azaleas and shrub roses. Starred in Good Gardens Guide and featured in Kenneth Cox’s book Scotland for Gardeners and on The Beechgrove Garden.

Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00318

Directions: Off the A703 one mile north of Eddleston. Bus 62.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Love Learning Scotland SCIO: Gorgie Farm, Edinburgh 60%

Bradystone House

Murthly PH1 4EW
Mrs James Lumsden

Thursday 7 July, Thursday 14 July, Thursday 21 July & Thursday 28 July, 11am - 4pm (2022)

T:01738 710308 E:pclumsden@me.com

Directions: From south/north follow the A9 to Bankfoot, then signs to Murthly. At the crossroads in Murthly take the private road to Bradystone.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance 60%

Inchmill Cottage

Glenprosen, near Kirriemuir DD8 4SA
Iain Nelson

Thursday 7 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

T:01575 540452

This is a long, sloping and terraced garden at over 800 feet in the Braes of Angus, developed to be a garden for all seasons. Half is dominated by bulbs, rhododendrons, azaleas, primulas, meconopsis and clematis. The other half is mainly later summer bulbs, herbaceous plants and roses. There is also a rockery/scree and fernery.

Directions: Please DO NOT use SatNav. From Kirriemuir take the B955 (signposted The Glens) to Dykehead (about five miles). From there follow the Prosen sign for about five miles. Inchmill is the white-fronted cottage beside the phone box. Car parking beside the church (50 yards away) and by the village hall opposite.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: The Archie Foundation 60%

Broadwoodside

Gifford EH41 4JQ
Anna and Robert Dalrymple

Friday/Saturday, 8/9 July, 11am - 5pm (2022)

W:www.broadwoodside.co.uk

"Tucked into a fold in the landscape near Gifford in East Lothian sits a collection of traditional farm buildings that were imaginatively restored to form an elegant family home. Broadwoodside steading is an exercise in polished vernacular, from the yellow limewash of its low, ogee-roofed tower to the oxblood paintwork around its many windows. This is a house that seems to grow out of its environment, the hue of its stone walls and pantiled roof echoed in the colours of the fertile soil of the surrounding farmland, and around the steading has grown up. It has been described as one of the finest contemporary gardens in Scotland, a garden that employs all the classical devices of symmetry, perspective and precise alignment but does so in such a witty fashion that here, in this agricultural setting, the familiar becomes fresh and exciting.” Garden Design Journal.

Directions: On the B6355 going out of Gifford towards Pencaitland, at the Golf Course junction.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Leuchie 60%

Gifford Bank

Gifford EH41 4JE
Mr and Mrs Austin

Friday/Saturday, 8/9 July, 11am - 5pm (2022)

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Gifford Bank is a Georgian house set in four acres on the edge of the village. Lawns to the front and side of the house are edged by woodland whilst a walled garden provides a more formal area. The four quadrants of the walled garden include a circular lawn area, raised beds for soft fruit, a herb and rose garden and an orchard. There are large herbaceous borders on all four sides. Beautiful scented roses grow over six arches that connect the gravel path. The garden to the rear of the house includes water features and a large fire bowl planter.

Directions: When leaving Gifford on the B6355 Edinburgh Road, Gifford Bank is the last property on the right before the de-restriction signs. Regular Gifford Circle bus service from Haddington.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: British Heart Foundation 60%

Easter Ord Farm

Easter Ord, Skene, Westhill AB32 6SQ
Catherine Fowler

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 8/9/10 July, 2pm - 4pm (2022)

T:01224 742278 E:catherine.a.fowler@gmail.com

A one-acre mature cottage garden with year-round interest. The garden has an open aspect with views towards Lochnagar. It is made up of ‘rooms’. There is a fruit garden, large herbaceous borders, lawn areas, small wildlife pond, vegetable garden and mini-orchard with wildflowers.

Directions: Two miles from Westhill and can be reached using full postcode on SatNav. From Aberdeen take A944 towards Westhill. At the traffic lights before Westhill take the slip road on to the B9119 then immediately left towards Brotherfield. After one mile turn right at the T junction. After 350 yards turn left into the lane. Garden is first entrance on right.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Roof Garden 60%

SGS Kilmacolm Plant Sale

Outside Kilmacolm Library, Kilmacolm PA13 4LE
Scotland's Gardens Scheme

Pop up plant sale on Saturday 9 July, 10am - 12pm (2022)

Spring plant sale in the middle of Kilmacolm

Directions: The plant sale will be held at the Cross outside the Library and Cargill Centre in the middle of Kilmacolm. Accessible by McGill's Buses.

Admission: by donation

Charities: Pancreatic Cancer Scotland 60%

2 Durnamuck

Little Loch Broom, Wester Ross IV23 2QZ
Will Soos and Susan Pomeroy

Saturday 9 July, 11am - 5pm (2022)

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Our garden is south-east facing on the edge of Little Loch Broom. It is a coastal plantsman’s garden with a rich mix of herbaceous borders, trees and shrubs, vegetables, drystone wall planting, South African/Mediterranean plants, a wild meadow and stunning views. Many of the plants have been collected from all over the world, and growing them has provided obvious challenges but with a pleasing outcome. Featured in 2019 entries in Gardens Illustrated, Homes & Gardens and the Beechgrove Garden. Entry in the English Garden magazine in September 2020. A wood and stone Wee Garden Hut accommodation soon to be available for garden passionate people. Enquiries to sueandwill@icloud.com. Small and compact but very beautiful in its own garden.

Directions: On the A832, between Dundonnell and Ullapool, take the turning along the single-track road signed Badcaul, continue to the yellow salt bin, turn right, go to the bottom of the hill and 2 Durnamuck is the house with the red roof. There is parking down by the house if needed.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Butterfly Conservation 30% & An Talla Solais Ullapool Visual Arts: Dolphin Arts Project 30%

Old Manse Wild Garden

Old Manse, Wanlockhead, Biggar ML12 6UR
Callum Gough

Saturday/Sunday, 9/10 July, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07717 768324 E:callum.gough@exel.net

Featured in The Scotsman and on Border television. It is recognised that gardening at 1530 feet is not easy but this fascinating garden is exceptional. Extending to about one acre, it is divided into many intriguing and sometimes quirky rooms, each one very different from the next and hugely biodiverse. The owner has an interest in permaculture and the garden is dedicated to providing habitats for wildlife (the entire ecosystem for some species), in particular amphibians and all types of insects including butterflies and bees. The garden is enjoyed all year round by people and wildlife alike.

Directions: Leave the M74 at Junction 13 follow signs to Abington, through the village signposted Leadhills. From the A76 Sanquhar/Thornhill road take the turn near Mennock signposted Wanlockhead. Buses available from Sanquhar and Lanark.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Leadhills Reading Society 30% & Scottish Mountain Rescue 30%

7 Braes of Conon

Conon Bridge IV7 8AX
Mr Nigel Stanton

Saturday/Sunday, 9/10 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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This small cottage garden is a specialist's treat by a professional. After growing flowers commercially for 27 years in England, Nigel Stanton moved to the Highlands in 2014. The garden needed imported local topsoil and lots of manure. Now, seven years later, with the help of raised beds and paved paths, the fruits of his endeavours are a delight. Specialities include magnificent delphiniums, rampant sweet peas and subtly blended roses.

Directions: Coming into Conon Bridge on the A862 from Muir of Ord, turn right into the Braes of Conon, and follow road signs to No. 7 From Dingwall, take the A835 towards Tore at the Maryburgh roundabout, then turn first right towards Conon Bridge, and follow the signs.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: British Red Cross 60%

Crail: Gardens in the Burgh

Crail KY10 3TT
Gardeners of Crail

Saturday/Sunday, 9/10 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

T:01333 450797 E:sueellen.jerdan@gmail.com

Take an enjoyable stroll around this quintessential East Neuk village and explore its many beautiful gardens. A number of gardens in varied styles and planting schemes: cottage, historic, plantsman's and bedding. The stunning coastal location of the gardens presents some challenges for planting but also allows for a great range of more tender species to flourish.

Directions: Approach Crail from either St Andrews or Anstruther on the A917. Parking available in Marketgate.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Crail Preservation Society 60%

Woodfall Gardens

Glasserton DG8 8LY
Ross and Liz Muir

Sunday 10 July, 10:30am - 4:30pm (2022)

E:woodfallgardens@btinternet.com

W:www.woodfall-gardens.co.uk

Directions: Two miles south west of Whithorn at junction of A746 and A747 (directly behind Glasserton Church).

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Whithorn Primary School 60%

Coldstream Open Gardens

Coldstream Community Centre, High Street, Coldstream TD12 4EN
The Gardeners of Coldstream

Sunday 10 July, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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Historic Coldstream. Scotland's first true border town. Situated on the River Tweed which forms a natural boundary between Scotland and England. There will be a rich variety of gardens open for the enthusiast to explore, including six new. The Flodden 1513 memorial will be open for the first time. One of the club members will be in attendance to offer a short history of the battle and the memorial. In one of the gardens, the pirate ship was constructed by the owners as a lockdown project. All the garden openers will be delighted to share their garden triumphs and interests with you.

Directions: Coldstream is on the A697, equidistant between Kelso and Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Community Centre (an old church building) is in the west end of town. There is ample parking on the street and in near by car parks.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Macmillan Cancer Support 60%

The Doocot

Kinloch, Meigle, Blairgowrie PH12 8QX
Liz and George McLaren

Sunday 10 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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The house and garden sit in a two-acre site with views to the Sidlaws and Grampians. The house is a converted 18th century steading with a large doo’cot tower, completed in 2009. Garden development began in 2013 with several flowering cherries and two small herbaceous beds, and expanded in 2014 with the creation of a parterre rose garden, and the addition of shrub, herbaceous beds and areas of heather and hard planting including rhododendrons, azaleas and a variety of trees. In 2019 the garden was further developed to create seated areas and themed beds. A wildlife pond is being added for the 2022 season.

Directions: Approximately two miles west of Meigle on the A94 (towards Coupar Angus). Just before the hamlet of Longleys there is a turning to the right with a small lodge with red eaves on the roadside. Turn up that tarmac road and The Doocot is 400 metres on the right.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Ardler Kettins & Meigle Parish Church Of Scotland: Ladies Guild 60%

7 Braes of Conon

Conon Bridge IV7 8AX
Mr Nigel Stanton

Sunday 10 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Highland Hospice: Aird Branch 60%

Milton Community Garden

Liddesdale Square, Milton, Glasgow G22 7BT
North Glasgow Community Food Initiative

Sunday 10 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07422 375524 E:gardens@ngcfi.org.uk

W:www.ngcfi.org.uk

This community garden is a wildlife and visitor friendly organic growing space in the heart of Milton. It offers a peaceful environment for the local community to walk through or sit in, to volunteer to help develop the space or to spend time with our gardener and landscaper to learn how to ‘grow your own’ or build things from recycled wood. It features a pond, a green roof, a Ridan composter, a children’s garden complete with mud kitchen and willow sculptures as well as lots of raised beds bursting with fruit, vegetables and flowers.

Directions: From the M8 leave at Junction 15 onto Springburn Road (A803). After two miles turn left into Colston Road then at the T junction turn right onto Ashgill Road. At the roundabout take the first left into Shillay Street then left into Liddesdale Place. Turn left into Liddesdale Square, garden is at the opposite corner. Parking in the square or there is on street parking. By bus take the 75 bus to Ashgill Road, get off at the back of St Augustine’s Church and the square is a short walk through an alley-way.

Admission: by donation

Charities: Milton Community Garden and Food Hub 60%

Douneside House

Tarland AB34 4UD
The MacRobert Trust

Sunday 10 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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W:www.dounesidehouse.co.uk

Douneside is the former home of Lady MacRobert, who developed these magnificent gardens in the early to mid-1900s. Ornamental borders, an Arts and Crafts themed terraced garden and water gardens surround a spectacular infinity lawn overlooking the Deeside hills. A walled garden supplies organic vegetables and cut flowers to Douneside House, which is now a multi-award winning hotel, and also houses a large ornamental greenhouse. A new arboretum displays over 130 trees amongst mown grass paths and there are many walking trails behind Douneside offering breathtaking views across the Howe of Cromar and beyond.

Directions: On the B9119 towards Aberdeen. Tarland one mile.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Perennial 60%

Torcroft

Balnain, Glenurquhart IV63 6TJ
Barbara Craig

Monday 11 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

E:barbaramcraig@gmail.com

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: Send a Cow 30% & Munlochy Animal Aid 30%

Humbie Dean

Humbie EH36 5PW
Frank Kirwan

Thursday 14 July, 10am - 4pm (2022)

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A two-acre ornamental and woodland garden sandwiched between two burns at 600 feet with interest throughout a long season. A limited palette of plants with hosta, hellebores, perennial geranium, primula, meconopsis, martagon lilies, clematis, spring bulbs, ground cover, herbaceous and shrub planting, bluebell meadow, mature and recent azalea and rhododendron planting. A short woodland walk has been created, only accessible by a series of steps.

Directions: Enter Humbie from the A68, pass the school and the village hall on the left then immediately turn right just before the Humbie Hub. Take the second left and Humbie Dean is on the left between two small bridges. Limited parking.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Mamie Martin Fund 60%

Longwood

Humbie EH36 5PN
Linda Flockhart and Sandra Gentle

Thursday 14 July, 10am - 4pm (2022)

An extensive, long-established country garden at 800 feet, undergoing renewal. There are ducks and hens, stream and ponds as well as areas of wild garden and borders including roses, vegetables, lawns and woodlands. Stunning views over the Forth.

Directions: From the B6368 (Humbie to Haddington road) about one mile east of Humbie take the direction south to Blegbie Farm (signposted). Follow the road for circa two miles, passing Humbie Mains Farm as you go. You will find Blegbie Farm at a hard right-hand bend. The drive for Longwood will be straight in front of you, right beside Blegbie. Go straight up the drive and park at the bottom of the cottages. Do not turn right or left.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Médecins Sans Frontières 60%

Stobshiel House

Humbie EH36 5PD
Mr Maxwell and Lady Sarah Ward

Thursday 14 July, 10am - 4pm (2022)

T:01875 833646 E:stobshiel@gmail.com

The walled garden at Stobshiel has recently lost all the box hedging due to blight. The garden has been redesigned with stone and gravel paths and soft edging. A large, formal lily pond now forms the focal point in front of the house. Through the walled garden, the paths lead you towards the greenhouse, potting shed and down to the cut-flower and vegetable garden. Outside the wall the garden is full of shrubs, roses, bulbs, trees, clematis and more. There are paths to wander around with plenty of seating. There is a large pond, another lily pond and a woodland garden with a burn running through. In May and June it is full of rhododendrons and azaleas.

Directions: On the B6368 Haddington/Humbie road; sign to Stobshiel one mile.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Fostering Compassion, SCIO 60%

Auchlea

Balnapolaig Muir, Dornoch IV25 3HY
John and Fiona Garvie

Saturday 16 July, 10am - 4pm (2022)

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The creation of Auchlea garden from its natural state as a wetland of rushes and whins began in 1998 with the drainage and sowing of a lawn on introduced topsoil. The planting of trees, mostly around its periphery was also begun then. Extensive herbaceous borders with a wide variety of colour and species have been gradually developed. There is also a sheltered vegetable garden, made more productive using raised beds, alongside a recently replanted bog garden. The habitual, accumulated use of garden and household compost has progressively improved stony ground around the boundary, where a mixed hedge has made good progress.

Directions: Situated on the B9168. This B road is on the right driving up the A9. Take the B road and Auchlea is the first house on the right.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Blythswood Care 60%

A Blackbird Sings

20 Kings Park, Longniddry EH32 0QL
Graham and Maxine Pettigrew

Saturday 16 July, 10am - 5pm (2022)

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T:01875 853003

Directions: By car: Enter Dean Road from A198, right at Kings Avenue, right at Kings Park. By bus (124): Old Dean Road stop, down Old Dean Road, right at Kings Avenue, right at Kings Park.

Admission: by donation

Charities: St.Columba’s Hospice Care 30% & Leuchie 30%

Amulree

8 Mill Street, Drummore, Stranraer DG9 9PS
Mr Colin Belton and Mrs Gabrielle Reynolds

Saturday/Sunday, 16/17 July, 10am - 4pm (2022)

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T:0789 909 2070 E:gabygardeners@btinternet.com

Amulree is home to two complete plantaholics who probably should start taking their own advice and stop collecting quite so many plants! Starting from a blank canvas in 2017 the garden now consists of a sunny terrace with displays of half-hardy and tender plants, exuberantly planted borders separated by serpentine grass patches, a small vegetable patch, a glasshouse and a 'wild' bit. Amulree contains many unusual plants including a National Plant Collection.
National Plant Collection: Nicotiana species

Directions: Follow A716 signposted Drummore and Mull of Galloway. At the T junction in Drummore turn right. Amulree is on the left, a few doors up from the shop. Bus route 407 from Stranraer.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Kirkmaiden Old Kirk 60%

Arwin House

17 Renny Crescent, Montrose DD10 9BW
Trish and Andy Winton

Saturday/Sunday, 16/17 July, 11am - 5pm (2022)

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We moved here nine years ago and created our garden from a building site! With careful planning and design the garden has evolved. The emphasis was to create different 'rooms' offering peace, harmony and tranquillity, with various specimen plants, herbaceous borders, vegetable plot and a greenhouse. A highlight feature is a memorial garden with an Asian theme in memory of our late son. We were fortunate to feature on The Beechgrove Garden in 2019. We look forward to welcoming you and hope you enjoy your visit.

Directions: From Northesk Road, turn left onto Brechin Road, past Lidl then first right and immediately turn left onto Renny Crescent.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Alzheimer Scotland 60%

Carolside

Earlston TD4 6AL
Mr and Mrs Anthony Foyle

Saturday 16 July, 11am - 5pm (2022)

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T:01896 849272 E:info@carolside.com

W:www.carolside.com

A traditional and romantic garden set in a beautiful 18th century landscape, comprising lawns, shrubberies, mixed borders, a secret garden, winter garden, herb and hidden garden and an apple orchard of wild flowers. The oval walled garden contains herbaceous borders, fruits, vegetables, parterres and an historically important collection of roses. Carolside is best known for its roses, soft delicate herbaceous planting and design of rooms. Kenneth Cox in his book Scotland for Gardeners describes Carolside as 'one of Scotland's finest private gardens'.
National Plant Collection: Pre 19th century Gallica Roses.

Directions: One mile north of Earlston on the A68. Entrance faces south. Garden accessible by bus, ask to get off at Carolside gate.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Marie Curie 60%

Damnaglaur House

Drummore, Stranraer DG9 9QN
Frances Collins

Opening with Amulree and Rawson Garden on 16/17 July, 12:30pm - 4pm. Refreshments will be at Damnaglaur House and Rawson Garden. Visit all three gardens for £10. (2022)

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T:01776 840636/ 07884 435353 E:chunky.collins@btinternet.com

Since moving into Damnaglaur House in 1991, its owners have totally transformed the garden, putting in a series of ‘semi-terraces’ and, following the planting of wind-defeating shrubs, they were able to introduce many special herbaceous plants and trees. Just short of half-an-acre, the garden has slowly evolved into one which feels substantially larger because of its design; the gravel paths weave their way through many hidden corners to come upon countless gems. The views from the garden are stunning, down to Drummore, across Luce Bay and in the far distance, to the Galloway Hills. An archway, arbour and pergola give extra height for the planting. Seating around the garden gives visitors a chance to sit and enjoy their surroundings, especially close to the pond with its numerous fish and trickling waterfall. Various areas have been replanted in 2021.

Directions: From Drummore, follow signs to the Mull of Galloway for a mile on the B7041 to junction with B7065; Damnaglaur is on the right.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: British Red Cross: Yemen Appeal 60%

Rawson Garden

1, High Drummore Cottages, Drummore, Stranraer DG9 9QL
Beverley Darville

Also opening with Amulree and Damnaglaur House on 16/17 July, 12:30pm - 4pm. All gardens may be visited for £10.00. Refreshments will be available at Rawson Garden and Damnaglaur House. (2022)

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Rawson Garden is a large cottage garden with a stunning sea view. The garden is divided into different parts, including a self-contained Bothy. It has a plethora of shrubs, flowers, pine trees, bamboo, palm trees and a small waterfall with a burn that runs through the garden. There are three tiers to the garden separated by paths and steps, with patios and a large decking area. Seating is interspersed throughout the garden and this year the owners have added some garden sculptures and bird houses. A wonderful garden to explore and somewhere to sit and admire the gorgeous view.

Directions: From Stranraer, head out to Drummore and Mull of Galloway on the A716. 16 miles from Stranraer, follow signs through Drummore for Mull of Galloway, come up the hill past the farm building on the right, follow the road round and Rawson Garden is the first cottage on the right after farm and a pair of big green gates.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: NSPCC 60%

Whitewin House

Golf Course Road, Girvan KA26 9HW
Linda Finnie and Graeme Finnie

Saturday/Sunday, 16/17 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01465 712358 M: 07855 269247 E:lafinnie@hotmail.com

Historic Whitewin House was built for Baronet Henry Tate of Tate and Lyle. The House stands in one acre of formal Victorian Garden redesigned over a five-year period, in the form of an English Manor House Garden which, of course, comes with its challenges because of its coastal location. The rockeries, beautiful scalloped lawns and the plethora of statuary, all complement the use of authentic Victorian bedding plants, trees and shrubs, ideally mirroring the ambience and grandeur of the house interior. Whitewin House is fortunate in having the prime position in Golf Course Road, having been the first house built there, standing majestically overlooking the Firth of Clyde, Ailsa Craig, Arran and the Kintyre Peninsula.

Directions: Approaching Girvan from the north on the A77 the turning to Golf Course Road is on the right hand side of the road before the town centre follow signs for Golf Course. From the south on the A77 come through Girvan, turn left at the lights, then first left and follow signs for the Golf Course. Entrance to the property will be signposted.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: All proceeds to SGS Beneficiaries

Old Granary Quoy and The Quoy of Houton

The Quoy of Houton, Orphir, Orkney KW17 2RD
Caroline Critchlow and Colleen Batey

Sunday 17 July, 10am - 4pm (2022)

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T:01856 811355

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KW17 2RD (Caroline Critchlow): A newly planted and designed garden, adjacent to The Quoy of Houton. Fabulous views over Scapa Flow, ponds and a water garden. The home of Orkney perennial geraniums and an extensive range of plants suitable for this exposed coastal location. The lantern greenhouse is a new acquisition featuring an indoor peach tree. Caroline Critchlow has designed award winning gardens and is the resident gardening guru on BBC Radio Orkney.

The Quoy of Houton KW17 2RD (Colleen Batey): An unusual historic walled panoramic garden with 60-foot rill which leads the eye to the spectacular coastal views of Scapa Flow. Carefully planted to withstand winds in excess of 60 mph, with floral interest from March to September. Winner of Gardeners' World Britain’s best challenging garden 2017 and listed in the top ten UK coastal gardens. Featured on BBC Beechgrove and in the book Island Gardens.

Directions: From Orphir take the turning to Houton Ferry at the first junction signed Quoy of Houton, turn right by the car park. Park here and walk 10 minutes along coastal road around bay to the gardens. Disabled access please ring to arrange as parking is very limited. The gardens are a 10 minute walk from the bus stop.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: FOTNW 60%

Coul House
Coul House, Maree Way, Glenrothes KY7 6NW
Dean & Clare Ansell
Sunday 17 July, 11am - 3pm (2022)

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T:07525791277 E:Clareansell5@gmail.com
A hidden gem, Coul garden lies within the grounds of Coul House, an imposing B-listed Victorian farmhouse which dates back to circa 1875. A mix of hydrangeas, roses, rhododendron and wisteria are contained in this ever-evolving amateur garden. The garden has more recently been redesigned with hard landscaping and includes a small pond. Come and take a walk around and enjoy a cup of tea and home baking.

Directions: From the A92, follow signs for Pitcairn

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Limited 30% & Glenrothes & District Foodbank 30%

Kiltarlity Gardens
Kiltarlity IV4 7JH
Sheila Ross, Neil and Frances Macritchie
Sunday 17 July, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01463 741365 E:accounts@highlandliliums.co.uk
W:www.highlandliliums.co.uk

Aird View 30a Camault Muir, Kiltarlity IV4 7JH (Sheila Ross): The garden at Aird View offers a mix of borders, a water feature, an arbour and a newly added herbaceous border. There are also fruit trees and vegetable beds.
Highland Liliums 10 Loaneckheim, Kiltarlity IV4 7JQ (Neil and Frances Macritchie): Highland Liliums is a working retail nursery with spectacular views over the Beauly valley and Strathfarrar hills. A wide selection of home-grown plants are available including alpines, ferns, grasses, herbaceous, herbs, liliums, primulas and shrubs.

Directions: For Aird View, take the A833 Beauly to Drumnadrochit road, pass Brockies Lodge. Turn right at the bus shelter and follow the single track road to junction at school. Turn left up the hill to the top at junction. Aird View is on the right. For Highland Liliums, turn up Post Office Brae in Kiltarlity then turn right after the Free Church. Follow the road signposted to Highland Liliums.

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: Highland Hospice: Aird branch 60%

5 Woodlands Gardens
Cults, Aberdeen AB15 9DU
Keith Thornton
Sunday 17 July, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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A two-thirds of an acre plot planted out in 2008 and specialising in more unusual trees and shrubs. The collection of magnolia trees has reached flowering size, and includes sprengeri 'Diva', sargentiana 'Star Wars' and Michelia doltsopa. The rhododendron borders include early flowers, scented species and scented azaleas. Old roses feature with a collection of scented heritage French varieties, including centifolia de peinte, 'cabbage' roses and Pemberton musk roses. There is a small orchard of apple, pear and plum trees, and a large outdoor peach in the courtyard garden. Soft fruit and vegetable plots are laid out.

Directions: From the A90, take Milltimber junction A93 to Cults. At lights turn left up Kirk Brae, then right to Friarsfield Road. At top of hill, turn right into Woodlands housing estate, first left then first left again into Woodlands Gardens. From the A92 take the A93 to Braemar, after 200m turn right to Craigton Road, follow this for one mile, then Woodlands estate is on the left. The nearest bus stop is Baird's Brae on routes 19 or 201, then about 18 minutes walk.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Annie's Trust 20%, Scottish SPCA: Drumoak Branch 20% & The New Arc 20%

Whiteside
Dunscore DG2 0UU
John and Hilary Craig
Sunday 17 July, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01387 820501 E:hjcraig19@gmail.com
The garden, which extends to several acres, is 600 feet above sea level on a north-facing slope with views across to Queensberry and the Lowther Hills. There are some mature trees around the house but the rest of the garden is relatively new, having been created from a bare hillside over the last 20 years. There are shrubs, young trees, a rowan avenue, a walled vegetable garden, orchard and courtyard garden. Several burns run through the property and there is a pond and an enclosure for runner ducks.

Directions: From Dunscore, take the Corsock road. Continue two miles on, turn right opposite the post box. Continue for one and three quarters miles, over the humpback bridge and past the white farmhouse on the left. Whiteside is signed on the left.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Music in Dumfries 60%

Glen House
Glen Estate, Innerleithen EH44 6PX
The Tennant family
Sunday 17 July, 1pm - 4pm (2022)

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T:01896 830210 E:info@glenhouse.com
W:www.glenhouse.com

Surrounding the outstanding Scots Baronial mansion designed by David Bryce in the mid-19th century, Glen House gardens are laid out on shallow terraces overhanging the glen itself. It offers one of the loveliest designed landscapes in the Borders. The garden expands from the formal courtyard through a yew colonnade, and contains a fine range of trees, long herbaceous border and a pool garden with pergola, all arranged within the curve of slopes sheltering the house.

Directions: Follow the B709 out of Innerleithen for approximately two-and-a-half miles. Right turn at signpost for Glen Estate.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: WFGA 60%

Gordon Castle Walled Garden
Fochabers, Moray IV32 7PQ
Angus and Zara Gordon Lennox
Sunday 17 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01343 612317 E:info@gordoncastlescotland.com
W:www.gordoncastle.co.uk

At almost eight acres in size, Gordon Castle has one of the oldest and largest walled gardens in Britain. Lovingly restored to its former glory with a modern design by award-winning designer Arne Maynard, this beautiful garden is overflowing with vegetables, fruit, herbs, and cut flowers. The onsite cafe has a ‘Plant, Pick, Plate’ ethos using wonderful fresh produce grown in the garden. There is a children's natural play area and shop.
Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00198

Directions: The main entrance is at the western end of the village of Fochabers, just off the A96, nine miles east of Elgin and 12 miles west of Keith.

Admission: £8.00, children £4.00

Charities: Gordon Lennox Fochabers Trust 60%

Kamares
18 Broom Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow G77 5DN
Derek and Laura Harrison
Sunday 17 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Sitting in two-thirds of an acre, Kamares is a hacienda-style house surrounded by mature trees and a beautiful beech hedge. The garden has much of interest including a well established pond, acers, Japanese grasses, colourful mixed shrubs, herbaceous borders and rare US sequoias. There are several patio gardens and a delightful courtyard with a rockery and miniature waterfall. Sculptures and topiary can be found around the garden where you are also welcome to visit the garden shed known as 'Owl Cottage'. The artist owner and her husband have had fun playing with spaces, colour and contrasting textures as an alternative canvas.

Directions: From the A77 heading south, turn left into Broom Estate and sharp left again into Broom Road. Kamares is the last house on the left near the top of the hill. On road parking is available beyond the house on Broom Road, Broomcroft Road, Sandringham Road and Dunvegan Avenue.

Admission: £7.00, children free

Charities: Jewish Care Scotland 40% & British Red Cross: Ukraine Fund 20%

Glebe House
Main Street, Urquhart IV30 8LG
Melanie Collett
Sunday 17 July, 2pm - 4:30pm (2022)

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Early 19th-century formal walled garden of the former manse by Alexander Forteath, also incorporating a unique doocot in its construction of clay dab. The garden consists of colourful herbaceous borders within the walled garden and box hedge symmetry. A wide variety of roses together with an orchard and kitchen garden area to the south.

Directions: Off the main street in Urquhart, find the walled entrance at the end of the street. Follow parking signs.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 60%

Torcroft
Balnain, Glenurquhart IV63 6TJ
Barbara Craig
Monday 18 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

E:barbaramcraig@gmail.com
This garden is about three-quarters of an acre on a hillside overlooking Loch Meiklie in Glen Urquhart. It is a wild garden, with its own character and style. There are weeds and cardamine for the orange-tip butterflies, but most of all there are plants in profusion from acer, anemone and astrantia to veronicastrum, verbascum, weigela and water lilies. A natural stream comes into the garden and meanders into various small ponds. In the spring there are masses of bog primula of all types and colours. There is a fern bed, a rockery, herbs, wooded area, a stumpery and another pond nearby.

Directions: From Inverness turn right at Drumnadrochit and go towards Cannich. After four miles, sign Balnain, there is a very sharp right-hand bend with a high retaining wall on the right. At the end of the wall take the turning to the right signposted Torcroft Lodges.

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: Send a Cow 30% & Munlochy Animal Aid 30%

Torcroft
Balnain, Glenurquhart IV63 6TJ
Barbara Craig
Monday 18 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

E:barbaramcraig@gmail.com
This garden is about three-quarters of an acre on a hillside overlooking Loch Meiklie in Glen Urquhart. It is a wild garden, with its own character and style. There are weeds and cardamine for the orange-tip butterflies, but most of all there are plants in profusion from acer, anemone and astrantia to veronicastrum, verbascum, weigela and water lilies. A natural stream comes into the garden and meanders into various small ponds. In the spring there are masses of bog primula of all types and colours. There is a fern bed, a rockery, herbs, wooded area, a stumpery and another pond nearby.

Directions: From Inverness turn right at Drumnadrochit and go towards Cannich. After four miles, sign Balnain, there is a very sharp right-hand bend with a high retaining wall on the right. At the end of the wall take the turning to the right signposted Torcroft Lodges.

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: Send a Cow 30% & Munlochy Animal Aid 30%

Skelbo House
Skelbo, Dornoch IV25 3QG
Alison Bartlett
Saturday/Sunday, 23/24 July, 11am - 4pm (2022)

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E:SkelboHouseGarden@gmail.com
Extensive woodland garden with spectacular views over Loch Fleet. Mixed herbaceous borders, rose garden and shrubberies surround the house. Lawns slope down to a small lochan and river walkway. Mature trees throughout. Large kitchen garden.

Directions: from the south: On the A9 take the small turning opposite Trentham Hotel (just past the Dornoch turn offs). At the side of Loch Fleet turn left, at the ruined castle take the second farm road which is fairly rough, and follow round to your right. If coming from the north take the Loch Fleet road signposted to Embo from the A9.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Mary's Meals International or MMI 60%

42 Astle
Dornoch IV25 3NH
Fay Wilkinson
Saturday/Sunday, 23/24 July, 11am - 4pm (2022)

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Organic wildlife garden at the edge of boggy moorland. Mixed planting of trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials and fruit and vegetables, many on raised beds for improved drainage. There is a natural pond.

Directions: A9 from the south: pass the turn off to Dornoch, take the first left after the Tall Pines Restaurant, signposted Astle. After one and a half miles take the left fork, cross the river and no. 42 is the second house on the left. A9 from the north: turn right 100 yards before the Tall Pines Restaurant. As above.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Bumblebee Conservation Trust 60%

Whitewin House
Golf Course Road, Girvan KA26 9HW
Linda Finnie and Graeme Finnie
Saturday/Sunday, 23/24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01465 712358 M: 07855 269247 E:lafinnie@hotmail.com
Historic Whitewin House was built for Baronet Henry Tate of Tate and Lyle. The House stands in one acre of formal Victorian Garden redesigned over a five-year period, in the form of an English Manor House Garden which, of course, comes with its challenges because of its coastal location. The rockeries, beautiful scalloped lawns and the plethora of statuary, all complement the use of authentic Victorian bedding plants, trees and shrubs, ideally mirroring the ambience and grandeur of the house interior. Whitewin House is fortunate in having the prime position in Golf Course Road, having been the first house built there, standing majestically overlooking the Firth of Clyde, Ailsa Craig, Arran and the Kintyre Peninsula.

Directions: Approaching Girvan from the north on the A77 the turning to Golf Course Road is on the right hand side of the road before the town centre follow signs for Golf Course. From the south on the A77 come through Girvan, turn left at the lights, then first left and follow signs for the Golf Course. Entrance to the property will be signposted.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: All proceeds to SGS Beneficiaries

Willowhill
Forgan, Newport-on-Tay DD6 8RA
Eric Wright and Sally Lorimore
Saturday 23 July & Monday 25 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01382 542890 E:e.g.wright@dundee.ac.uk
W:www.willowhillgarden.weebly.com

An evolving three-acre garden. The house is surrounded by a series of mixed borders designed with different vibrant colour combinations for effect all season. Spectacular mix of roses, herbaceous perennials and annuals planted through the wide borders are a highlight in mid to late summer. A new ‘no dig’ 160-foot border in shades of white, blue, purple and pale yellow created in 2019/2020. Come and see! April and May for late spring bulbs and flowers; June and July for roses and high summer colour; August for late summer colour.

Directions: One-and-a-half miles south of Tay Road Bridge. Take the B995 to Newport off the Forgan roundabout. Willowhill is the first house on the left-hand side next to West Friarton Farm Strawberry Shed.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Rio Community Centre 50%

Kailzie Gardens
Kailzie Gardens EH45 9HT
Susan and Steve Plag
Sunday 24 July, 10am - 4pm (2022)

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W:kailziegardens.com

Kailzie Gardens sits at the heart of the Tweed Valley just a mile east of Peebles occupying a beautiful position on the River Tweed. At its heart lies the stunning walled garden with plantings of many unusual shrubs, laburnum arches, an enchanting rose garden and spectacular herbaceous borders and one of the best examples of a Mackenzie and Moncur glasshouse still in existence, filled with fuschias, pelargoniums and exotics. The garden also features prize winning show vegetables. The surrounding woodlands have one of the best laid arboretums in Scotland with champion trees and specimens (including the oldest Larch) providing 15 acres of captivating woodland and burnside walks and spectacular vistas.
Champion Trees: Larch planted 1725
Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00229

Directions: A mile east of Peebles on the B7062.

Admission: £6.50, children free

Charities: Tweed Togs SCIO 60%

19 Waterslap
Fenwick KA3 6AJ
Mrs Kim Donald
Sunday 24 July, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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This south-facing garden began life in 2015 with only four mature chestnut, lime and willow trees. A challenging site, the owner has designed it to give year-round colour. Traditional hedging provides shelter for this contemporary cottage garden, planted with a wide variety of now well established trees, shrubs, perennials, roses and many clematis. Snowdrops, daffodils and hellebores are planted in abundance for spring interest. For summer, herbaceous borders and shrubberies frame a lawn. Paths link raised vegetable beds, greenhouse, cold frames, fruit trees, beds and a small woodland area. The burn on the southside inspired the flow of the garden, the banks of which are planted with water loving trees, shrubs and gunnera, giving welcome shelter from frosts and winds. The garden remains a work in progress.

Directions: M77 from the south take J8 signed Fenwick. Into village, past coffee shop turn right into Waterslap. From north take J7 signed Fenwick, down Main Road, at bottom turn left into Waterslap.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: The Brain Tumour Charity 60%

Craigentinny Telferton Allotments
Telferton Road, off Portobello Road, Edinburgh EH7 6XG
The Gardeners of Craigentinny and Telferton
Sunday 24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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W:ctallotments@gmail.com

Established in 1923, this independent allotment site is a tranquil and charming space, hidden away in a built-up area, where the local community benefit from growing their own vegetables and fruit. Yarn bombing of allotments, and display of scarecrows. Come and enjoy tea, home baking and a chat with our friendly plot-holders.

Directions: Park on Telferton Road. Buses 15, 26, 45.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Craigentinny Telferton Allotments 60%

Ar Dachaigh
Redhill Farm, Allanfearn, Inverness IV2 7JA
Mrs Tina Ross
Sunday 24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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This sloping garden has stunning views towards Kessock Bridge, the Black Isle, and the Great Glen. The site is very exposed and over the last three years a lot of time and effort has been spent erecting hedging and fences to create shelter for numerous well stocked flower beds in various planting styles. There are two ponds, five decking areas and a secret nook, a large greenhouse and a large display of plants in pots.

Directions: Ar Dachaigh is to be found on a farm directly off the A96, four-and-a-half miles east of Inverness. From Inverness head east along the A96. Shortly after the turn off for Alturlie, there is a turn off on the left with an old phonebox - this is the drive for Ar Dachaigh. From the East: Once you have passed the Balloch junction, the turn off for the garden will be on your right hand side at the old telephone box. PLEASE TAKE CARE as this is a busy stretch of the A96, and there are no filter lanes. There is a railway crossing on the drive, but this will be staffed on the day.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Teenage Cancer Trust 60%

9 Braid Farm Road
Edinburgh EH10 6LG
Mrs G Paul
Sunday 24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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An interesting and quirky organic garden of different styles and areas. There is a cottage garden with pond, a Mediterranean courtyard, and colourful exotic-decked areas with mosaics and a wildlife pond. A recent addition is a playhouse with a sedum roof.

Directions: Near Braid Hills Hotel, on the 11 and 15 bus routes.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Marie Curie 60%

Pentland Crescent Gardens
2 Pentland Crescent, Edinburgh EH10 6NP
Jan Polley
Sunday 24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Three neighbouring gardens (two of which are new for 2022). They are all laid out very differently, offering a wide range of ideas for visitors. The gardens include colourful herbaceous borders, a range of fruit and vegetables and a woodland garden which shows what can be done with a sloping site. There are ideas for planting in the sun and shade, rockeries and various patios and seating areas.

Directions: From the city centre take the A702 through Morningside, continue uphill and turn right at Comiston Springs Avenue. Pentland Crescent is first left. Bus 11 - get off at the Comiston Springs Avenue stop.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Marie Curie 60%

Braehead House
20 Braehead Road, Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Karin and Walter Hecht
Sunday 24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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The original part of the house was built in 1775 with the main Georgian part completed in 1830. We have nurtured and developed the garden for 40 years, which has resulted in the well stocked, largely woodland garden of today, shielded by a dense circle of trees. The large rockeries and woodland beds ranging in colours of white through to blues, lavenders and pinks, to burgundies and gold, are rich in varieties of hostas, meconopses, peonies and various shrubs. They all grow under a canopy of walnut, copper beach and acers. By midsummer the garden is ablaze with agapanthus, pelargoniums and fuchsias of every shape, hue and form, with many more to see in the greenhouse.

Directions: Thorntonhall is signposted off the A727 between Busby, Carmunnock and East Kilbride orbital, the A726, and then follow directions from Sat nav. Locally, follow Peel Road then turn onto Braehead Road we are the second last house on Braehead Road.

Admission: £6.00, children free

Charities: Macmillan Cancer Support 60%

Crofts
Kirkpatrick Durham, Castle Douglas DG7 3HX
Mrs Andrew Dalton
Sunday 24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01556 650235 E:jenniedalton@mac.com
Victorian country-house garden with mature trees, a walled garden with fruit and vegetables and glasshouses, hydrangea garden and a pretty water garden. Delightful woodland walk, colourfully planted with bog plants, and a stream running through.

Directions: A75 to Crocketford, then three miles on the A712 to Corsock and New Galloway.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Corsock & Kirkpatrick Durham Church Of Scotland 60%

25 Stoneyholm Road
Kilbirnie KA25 7DT
Gillian and James Sharp
Sunday 24 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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The house itself was built in 1887, but when we moved in over 10 years ago, the garden was a jungle. We removed 12 trees, many of them self-seed trees, discovered a sunken garden and had to fill it with 20 tonnes of topsoil. Therefore, starting from this blank canvas and a love of gardening, we divided the garden into rooms to add interest, including a parterre, herbaceous border, patio and lots of different seating areas, including one by Nigel Bialy, to take advantage of the sun at various times of the day.

Directions: On the main road as you come into Kilbirnie from Lochwinnoch. Parking is just off the main road at the side of the house on Dipple Road, the garden is on a corner. Alternate parking can be found past the house, through the traffic lights and left at the roundabout. Public bus service runs to the Cross in Kilbirnie, with a five-minute walk from there to the garden. For details go to Traveline Scotland https://www.travelinescotland.com/.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 60%

Torcroft
Balnain, Glenurquhart IV63 6TJ
Barbara Craig
Monday 25 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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This garden is about three-quarters of an acre on a hillside overlooking Loch Meiklie in Glen Urquhart. It is a wild garden, with its own character and style. There are weeds and cardamine for the orange-tip butterflies, but most of all there are plants in profusion from acer, anemone and astrantia to veronicastrum, verbascum, weigela and water lilies. A natural stream comes into the garden and meanders into various small ponds. In the spring there are masses of bog primula of all types and colours. There is a fern bed, a rockery, herbs, wooded area, a stumpery and another pond nearby.

Directions: From Inverness turn right at Drumnadrochit and go towards Cannich. After four miles, sign Balnain, there is a very sharp right-hand bend with a high retaining wall on the right. At the end of the wall take the turning to the right signposted Torcroft Lodges.

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: Send a Cow 30% & Munlochy Animal Aid 30%

The Old Farmhouse
Milton of Logie, Dinnet, Aboyne AB34 5LU
Roxanne Maris
Saturday/Sunday, 30/31 July, 10:30am - 4:30pm. Bookings recommended due to limited parking spaces. Please email roxannemaris@btconnect.com to book. (2022)

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A small garden of a third of an acre with big views, of Morven to the right and Mount Keen to the left. Situated on former farmland and surrounded by mature trees, the garden has been developed over the last ten years to include a 60 metre mixed-native hedge, stone dyke, small wildlife pond and year-round flowering borders as well as a sedum wildflower roof. The garden has been managed organically, specifically to encourage wildlife diversity and attract pollinating insects, as well as creating a haven for hedgehogs, squirrels and other garden visitors.

Directions: From the A93 at the centre of Dinnet, take the road signposted Logie Coldstone & Strathdon. Continue along this road for approximately two miles passing through Ordie. Turn left at the sign for Burn O Vat. Milton of Logie is located a short distance ahead on the right hand side.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Maggie's 40% & Children 1st 20%

Whitewin House
Golf Course Road, Girvan KA26 9HW
Linda Finnie and Graeme Finnie
Saturday/Sunday, 30/31 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01465 712358 M: 07855 269247 E:lafinnie@hotmail.com
Historic Whitewin House was built for Baronet Henry Tate of Tate and Lyle. The House stands in one acre of formal Victorian Garden redesigned over a five-year period, in the form of an English Manor House Garden which, of course, comes with its challenges because of its coastal location. The rockeries, beautiful scalloped lawns and the plethora of statuary, all complement the use of authentic Victorian bedding plants, trees and shrubs, ideally mirroring the ambience and grandeur of the house interior. Whitewin House is fortunate in having the prime position in Golf Course Road, having been the first house built there, standing majestically overlooking the Firth of Clyde, Ailsa Craig, Arran and the Kintyre Peninsula.

Directions: Approaching Girvan from the north on the A77 the turning to Golf Course Road is on the right hand side of the road before the town centre follow signs for Golf Course. From the south on the A77 come through Girvan, turn left at the lights, then first left and follow signs for the Golf Course. Entrance to the property will be signposted.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: All proceeds to SGS Beneficiaries

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Amat Lodge, Ardgay IV24 3BS
Jonny and Sara Shaw
Saturday/Sunday, 30/31 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07712266500 E:sara.amat@aol.co.uk
Over the last two years there have been big changes in the garden and thanks to two very talented friends, and the arrival this summer of a wonderful new part-time gardener, it has changed the feel of the garden and we now have interest into late summer. Half the lawn has been given over to wild flowers and there is a new mini stumpery along with some more unusual plants. The river Carron flows around the edge of the garden and the old Amat Caledonian Forest is close by. Large specimen trees surround the house, plus many new ones planted in the policies in the last few years. There are several herbaceous borders, rhododendrons, trees and shrubs, all set in a large lawn. It is possible to go on a short woodland and river walk and you may see red squirrels which were reintroduced some years ago and are often in and around the garden.
Champion Trees: Abies Procera, Noble Fir

Directions: Take the road from Ardgay to Croick, nine miles. Turn left at the red phone box and the garden is 500 yards on the left.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Horatio's Garden 30% & International Dendrology Society 30%

Parkvilla
47 Schoolhill, Ellon AB41 9AJ
Andy and Kim Leonard
Saturday/Sunday, 30/31 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07786 748296 E:andy.leonard@btinternet.com
A south-facing Victorian walled garden, lovingly developed from a design started in 1990 to give colour and interest all year. Enjoy densely planted herbaceous borders, pause under the pergola clothed in clematis, honeysuckle and rambling roses, continue on to the bottom of the garden where three ponds and wildflower beds reflect a strong focus on wildlife. This is a hidden gem of a garden that has won awards including Ellon Best Garden and with plants rarely seen in north east Scotland.

Directions: From centre of Ellon head north towards Auchnagatt. Schoolhill is third left. From Auchnagatt head into Ellon along Golf Road, Schoolhill is first right after the golf course. Limited on-street parking, car parks in Ellon (five minutes walk) and Caroline's Well Wood. Public toilets in Ellon town centre.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Ellon Men's Shed 20%, Alzheimer Scotland 20% & St Mary On The Rock Episcopal Church Ellon 20%

Easter Cammock
Glenisla, Blairgowrie PH11 8PF
June and John Browning
Saturday 30 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Panoramic views of Glenisla and a large variety of wildflowers in July are a highlight of Easter Cammock. Large pond surrounded by water plants, perennial and annual wild flowers and many relatively young plants. Established woodland area, rockery, herbaceous borders. Access by farm track.

Directions: From Perth take A94 through Coupar Angus to just before Meigle. Take B954 and follow signs to Glenisla. From Dundee take A923 to Muirhead, then B954, turn right just after Meigle and follow signs to Glenisla as above. Continue on B954 Glenisla road until it meets the B951 from Kirriemuir at Backwater crossroads. Turn left towards Glenisla on B951. Approx two miles on, turn left at Easter Cammock sign opposite red postbox. Up farm track, bend left at T-junction, drive through farm and follow road for half mile to Easter Cammock. Ample parking.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance 30% & Hot Chocolate Trust 30%

Cuthberts Brae
84 Seatown, Buckie AB56 1JS
Elizabeth and Malcolm Schofield
Saturday/Sunday, 30/31 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07878 486093 E:malcolmsgsp@gmail.com
W:https://www.instagram.com/cuthbertsbrae_garden/

Gardeners' World Magazine, Readers' Garden of the Year 2020, Judges' Choice Winner. 'In the small seaside town of Buckie in the north east Moray Coast, what was once a wild hill, overgrown with brambles, has now been transformed into a beautiful colourful haven for all to admire.' - Gardeners' World Magazine. The garden is sited on a steep hill with a small flat terrace with gravel garden wrapping around the house. The path then takes you down the bank into a terraced cottage garden that is a magnet for bees, butterflies and other wildlife. As you continue into the newer section of the garden you discover the greenhouse, rabbit enclosure and veg beds. 'This garden is a really good lesson in what you can achieve in inhospitable conditions with limited knowledge and money.' - Alan Titchmarsh.

Directions: Arriving from the Tesco road turn left at the Town Square. Take the next right. Use the car park at the Seatown sign. Follow the signage to our garden. The garden is a short walk (five minutes) from the Town Square.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Scottish Association For Mental Health 60%

Cloan
by Auchterarder PH3 1PP
Neil Mitchison
Sunday 31 July, 11am - 5pm (2022)

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T:07958 155831 E:niall@fastmail.co.uk
Two acres of wild garden, with a wide variety of rhododendrons and azaleas, and an impressive collection of trees, including metasequoia, cryptomeria, Acer cappadocicum, Sequoia sempervirens, Quercus robur ‘Filicifolia’, liriodendron, several Japanese maples, magnificent beech and Scots pine trees, and extensive yew topiary; also an acre of walled garden with embothriums, Acer griseum, liquidambar, several sorbus varieties, parrotia and a large herbaceous border. Fine views of Strathearn from the front of the house.

Directions: From A823, just south of A9, follow small road heading north east, signposted Duchally. Continue for approximately two-and-a-half miles, turn right at sign Coulshill. Continue just under half a mile. Follow signs for car parking.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Tiphereth Limited: Camphill Scotland 60%

Langwell
Berriedale KW7 6HD
Welbeck Estates
Sunday 31 July, 12pm - 4pm (2022)

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T:01593 751278 / 751237 E:caithness@welbeck.co.uk
A beautiful and spectacular old walled garden with outstanding borders situated in the secluded Langwell Strath. Charming wooded access drive with a chance to see deer.

Directions: Turn off the A9 at Berriedale Braes, up the private (tarred) drive signposted Private - Langwell House. It is about one-and-a-quarter miles from the A9.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: RNLI 60%

Brechin Gardens in July
Locations across Brechin DD9 6AW
The Gardeners of Brechin
Sunday 31 July, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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15 Dalhousie Street (NEW) Brechin DD9 7BB (Ross Henderson and Damien Douglas): New to gardening, the owners have created a bijoux container garden in their south-facing front garden.
17 Dalhousie Street (NEW) Brechin DD9 7BB (Sarah Lloyd and Murray Skinner): Garden designer Sarah and Murray have, in only two years, created their town garden, divided into rooms.
75 Park Road (NEW) Brechin DD9 7AP (Ewan and Wilma Haggart): An attractive medium sized corner plot divided into areas of special interest.
24 North Latch Road DD9 6LE (Alistair and Mary Gray): Learn how the owners grow and show vegetables and how these can be a spectacular display of colourful bedding-full greenhouses.
Bishops Walk 11A Argyll Street DD9 6JL (Steff and Mike Eyres): A hidden, walled garden planted with scented climbing and shrub roses, lavenders, perennials and evergreen shrubs and conifers including an established Wollemi.
Brechin Cathedral Allotments Chanory Wynd, Brechin DD9 6EU (Brechin Cathedral Allotments Gardeners): Eleven varied plots reflect the interests and personalities of each plot-holder and include fruit, vegetables and herbs. A unique feature is the historical ‘College Well’ used by medieval monks.
Dalhousie Estate Allotments (NEW) Brechin Bridge, Arbroath Road, Brechin DD9 6TJ (George Garden): Fourteen varied plots in a beautiful setting making much use of reclaimed materials including a wind powered generator, raised beds and sheds of all shapes and sizes!
Kirkton Cottage (NEW) Aberlemno DD8 3PE (George Henry and Susan Norris): Nestled in a dip beside a stream this country cottage garden is packed with plants.
Lower Duncraig 2, Castle Street, Brechin, DD9 6JN (Jan and Andrew Crow): A densely planted, small town garden including rambling roses and a small wildlife pond.

Directions: Gardens are located around the town of Brechin. Look for the SGS yellow arrows.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Gardner Community Association 30% & The Dalhousie Centre Day Care For The Elderly 30%

Marlfield Gardens
Coldstream TD12 4JT
Christine and Forbes McLennan, Ron Whittaker, Max and Kate Lowe
Sunday 31 July, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01890 840700/ 07717 237357 E:forbes.mclennan@gmail.com
Marlfield, previously a traditional 80 acre farm, now a quiet hamlet with three lovely gardens, set in over three acres of beautiful Berwickshire countryside to stroll around and enjoy. Easy access with a great afternoon tea to complete the visit.
Marlfield Farmhouse (Christine and Forbes McLennan) - this two acre garden has been open for the past three years with extensive lawns, specimen trees, herbaceous borders and a large raised bed allotment style vegetable garden.
West Cottage (Max and Kate Lowe) - a beautiful cottage garden, intensively planted with herbaceous borders, mixed shrubberies, vegetable and fruit plot.
The Lodge (Ron Whittaker) - newly re-designed, this half-acre garden, with fine views of the surrounding countryside, is a lovely mix of lawns, herbaceous borders, wild flower meadow, vegetables and fruit. A chance to observe a lovely garden in development.

Directions: Four miles north of Coldstream on the old Duns road. Half-a-mile off the main road.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Macmillan Cancer Support 60%

Gattonside Village Gardens
Gattonside TD6 9NP
The Gardeners of Gattonside
Sunday 31 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07500 869041 E:jenbarr@gmx.com
A group of varied village gardens situated on a south facing slope with views across the River Tweed to Melrose. Visit Allerly, the former home of David Brewster which has espalier apple trees thought to have been gifted by Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford. Also, stop by the small garden of a dahlia enthusiast. The garden also features a pond with fish. This year take the short walk over the chain bridge to visit gardens of Melrose and walk back for teas in Gattonside. Accessible by wheelchair for most of gardens.

Directions: Short walk from Melrose over the chain bridge. Twenty-minute walk along the River Tweed from Tweedbank Railway Station. By car access off the A68 signposted Gattonside. Parking at Allerly.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Borders Carers Centre 30% & The Fragile X Society 30%

House of Aigas and Field Centre
by Beauly IV4 7AD
Sir John and Lady Lister-Kaye
Sunday 31 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01463 782443 E:info@aigas.co.uk
W:www.aigas.co.uk

The House of Aigas has a small arboretum of named Victorian specimen trees and modern additions. The garden consists of extensive rockeries, herbaceous borders, ponds and shrubs. Aigas Field Centre rangers lead regular guided walks on nature trails through woodland, moorland and around a loch.
Champion Trees: Douglas fir, Atlas cedar and Sequoiadendron giganteum

Directions: Four-and-a-half miles from Beauly on the A831 Cannich/Glen Affric road.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Highland Hospice: Aird branch 60%

Kings Grange House
Castle Douglas DG7 3EU
Christine and Peter Hickman
Sunday 31 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07787 535889
An extensive garden surrounded by mature trees and shrubberies, with views to the south west over the surrounding countryside. Originally Victorian, the garden is being restored by the present owners with a colourful variety of herbaceous mixed borders, beds and rockeries, mainly to the front of the house. There are banks of daffodils and a carpet of white narcissus in the lawns and around the pergola in springtime.

Directions: Take the B794 north off the A75, two miles east of Castle Douglas. Kings Grange House is approximately one mile on the left.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Marie Curie 30% & RNLI 30%

Glenrinnes Lodge
Dufftown, Keith, Banffshire AB55 4BS
Mrs Kathleen Locke
Sunday 31 July, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01340 820384
W:www.glenrinnes.com

The garden and policies surrounding Glenrinnes Lodge are typical of a Victorian lodge. There is a semi-formal garden that lends itself to quiet reflection with stunning views up Glenrinnes. A walled kitchen garden, with a large, heated greenhouse, supplies plants, cut flowers and fruit and vegetables. There is also a newly-developed herbaceous border displaying vibrant colours through the use of perennial and half-hardy plantings. There are delightful walks in the meadow around the pond and into the woodland; watch out for red squirrels! Some major works have been undertaken recently which include the Baltic wheel labyrinth and much of the garden is still a ‘work in progress’. In keeping with the rest of the estate, Glenrinnes Lodge is gardened following organic principles.

Directions: In the centre of Dufftown at the Clock Tower take the B9009 road to Tomintoul for about one mile. After passing Dufftown Golf Club on your right there is a lane to the left, which leads to two stone pillars to Glenrinnes Lodge.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Alzheimer's Research UK 60%

Torcroft
Balnain, Glenurquhart IV63 6TJ
Barbara Craig
Monday 1 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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This garden is about three-quarters of an acre on a hillside overlooking Loch Meiklie in Glen Urquhart. It is a wild garden, with its own character and style. There are weeds and cardamine for the orange-tip butterflies, but most of all there are plants in profusion from acer, anemone and astrantia to veronicastrum, verbascum, weigela and water lilies. A natural stream comes into the garden and meanders into various small ponds. In the spring there are masses of bog primula of all types and colours. There is a fern bed, a rockery, herbs, wooded area, a stumpery and another pond nearby.

Directions: From Inverness turn right at Drumnadrochit and go towards Cannich. After four miles, sign Balnain, there is a very sharp right-hand bend with a high retaining wall on the right. At the end of the wall take the turning to the right signposted Torcroft Lodges.

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: Send a Cow 30% & Munlochy Animal Aid 30%

Bradystone House
Murthly PH1 4EW
Mrs James Lumsden
Thursday 4 August & Thursday 11 August, 11am - 4pm (2022)

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T:01738 710308 E:pclumsden@me.com
A small, intimate cottage garden converted from a derelict farm steading to create a unique and tranquil setting. The sunny courtyard is imaginatively planted with interesting perennials, clematis and roses. There is a small, productive kitchen garden and a newly planted orchard with free-roaming hens and ducks. The small woodland garden is underplanted with ornamental shrubs.

Directions: From south/north follow the A9 to Bankfoot, then signs to Murthly. At the crossroads in Murthly take the private road to Bradystone.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance 60%

Inchmill Cottage
Glenprosen, near Kirriemuir DD8 4SA
Iain Nelson
Thursday 4 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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This is a long, sloping and terraced garden at over 800 feet in the Braes of Angus, developed to be a garden for all seasons. Half is dominated by bulbs, rhododendrons, azaleas, primulas, meconopsis and clematis. The other half is mainly later summer bulbs, herbaceous plants and roses. There is also a rockery/scree and fernery.

Directions: Please DO NOT use SatNav. From Kirriemuir take the B955 (signposted The Glens) to Dykehead (about five miles). From there follow the Prosen sign for about five miles. Inchmill is the white-fronted cottage beside the phone box. Car parking beside the church (50 yards away) and by the village hall opposite.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: The Archie Foundation 60%

Whitewin House
Golf Course Road, Girvan KA26 9HW
Linda Finnie and Graeme Finnie
Saturday/Sunday, 6/7 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01465 712358 M: 07855 269247 E:lafinnie@hotmail.com
Historic Whitewin House was built for Baronet Henry Tate of Tate and Lyle. The House stands in one acre of formal Victorian Garden redesigned over a five-year period, in the form of an English Manor House Garden which, of course, comes with its challenges because of its coastal location. The rockeries, beautiful scalloped lawns and the plethora of statuary, all complement the use of authentic Victorian bedding plants, trees and shrubs, ideally mirroring the ambience and grandeur of the house interior. Whitewin House is fortunate in having the prime position in Golf Course Road, having been the first house built there, standing majestically overlooking the Firth of Clyde, Ailsa Craig, Arran and the Kintyre Peninsula.

Directions: Approaching Girvan from the north on the A77 the turning to Golf Course Road is on the right hand side of the road before the town centre follow signs for Golf Course. From the south on the A77 come through Girvan, turn left at the lights, then first left and follow signs for the Golf Course. Entrance to the property will be signposted.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: All proceeds to SGS Beneficiaries

Angus Plant Sale
Logie Walled Garden, Kirriemuir DD8 5PN
SGS Angus & Dundee Organisers
Saturday 6 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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E:angusdundee@scotlandsgardens.org.uk
Please join us for our annual plant sale. We will offer a good, interesting selection, sourced from private gardens and with some donations from our local nurseries. It's advisable to come promptly and bring boxes and trays. Donations of plants either before or during sales will always be welcome.

Directions: From the A90, take A926 towards Kirriemuir. Just after Maryton, take a left into Logie Business Park and then take second left onto the single track road. Then take the first left onto a beech tree lined drive and follow signs to The Walled Garden.

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: All proceeds to SGS Beneficiaries

39 Nantwich Drive
Edinburgh EH7 6RA
Michael and Susan Burns
Saturday/Sunday, 6/7 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Large wildlife friendly garden, run on organic principles. Includes mini orchard, pond, mixed borders, greenhouse and a secret garden. There are mini woodland walks and an allotment for vegetables, plus a compost area, worm bin and rotary bin.

Directions: Bus 19 to Craigentinny Road or bus 26 to Kekewich Drive.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: The Henry Doubleday Research Association : Garden Organic 60%

Willowhill
Forgan, Newport-on-Tay DD6 8RA
Eric Wright and Sally Lorimore
Saturday 6 August & Monday 8 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01382 542890 E:e.g.wright@dundee.ac.uk
W:www.willowhillgarden.weebly.com

An evolving three-acre garden. The house is surrounded by a series of mixed borders designed with different vibrant colour combinations for effect all season. Spectacular mix of roses, herbaceous perennials and annuals planted through the wide borders are a highlight in mid to late summer. A new ‘no dig’ 160-foot border in shades of white, blue, purple and pale yellow created in 2019/2020. Come and see! April and May for late spring bulbs and flowers; June and July for roses and high summer colour; August for late summer colour.

Directions: One-and-a-half miles south of Tay Road Bridge. Take the B995 to Newport off the Forgan roundabout. Willowhill is the first house on the left-hand side next to West Friarton Farm Strawberry Shed.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Rio Community Centre 50%

Mount Tabor House
Mount Tabor Road, Perth PH2 7DE
Mr and Mrs John McEwan
Sunday 7 August, 12pm - 4:30pm (2022)

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Mature terraced town garden originally laid out in the late 19th century, but constantly evolving. A sheltered and peaceful garden surrounded by mature trees and hedges with well filled herbaceous borders. There is a cascade of ponds filled with carp and other wildlife and lots of places to sit in the sun and relax.

Directions: From Dundee Road in Perth at Isle of Skye Hotel, turn right into Manse Road, over the mini-roundabout and into Mount Tabor Road.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: The Katie McKerracher Trust 60%

Drummond Castle Gardens
Muthill, Crieff PH7 4HN
Grimsthorpe & Drummond Castle Trust Ltd
Sunday 7 August, 1pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01764 681433
W:www.drummondcastlegardens.co.uk

Activities and events for a great family day out. The gardens of Drummond Castle were originally laid out in 1630 by John Drummond, second Earl of Perth. In 1830 the parterre was changed to an Italian style. One of the most interesting features is the multi-faceted sundial designed by John Mylne, Master Mason to Charles I. The formal garden is said to be one of the finest in Europe and is the largest of its type in Scotland.

Directions: Entrance two miles south of Crieff on Muthill road (A822).

Admission: details can be found on the garden's website

Charities: BLESMA 60%

Hunter's Tryst
95 Oxgangs Road, Edinburgh EH10 7BA
Jean Knox
Sunday 7 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:07708 653584 E:jean.knox@blueyonder.co.uk
Well stocked and beautifully designed, mature, medium-sized town garden comprising herbaceous and shrub beds, lawn, fruit and some vegetables, water features, seating areas, trees and an example of cloud pruning. This is a wildlife-friendly garden that has been transformed from a wilderness 38 years ago and continues to evolve. In 2017 two raised beds were added to the front garden. This hidden treasure of a garden was featured on The Beechgrove Garden in June 2015 and on The Instant Gardener in June 2016. As we were unable to open in 2021 due to serious house damage, it is particularly exciting to be able to welcome everybody back in 2022.

Directions: From Fairmilehead crossroads head down Oxgangs Road to Hunter’s Tryst roundabout and it's the last house on the left. Buses 4, 5, 27, 400. The bus stop is at Hunter’s Tryst and the garden is opposite.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Lothian Cat Rescue 30% & St.Columba’s Hospice Care 30%

60 Greenhead
Alva, Clackmannanshire FK12 5HH
Lynn Cameron
Sunday 7 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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A delightful hidden garden in Alva behind the primary school. Divided into ‘rooms’ with themes, two being Mediterranean and Oriental, there is extensive planting and clever use of pots throughout. Recycled materials are much in evidence, especially in the 'cosy' corner with a fireplace. There is a wide variety of shrubs, perennials and annuals as well as vegetables and fruit. There is a pond and a small wildlife area. There is also a 'folly' created during the lockdown of 2020. An inspiration for those trying to garden in a small space. We would ask that all children are to be accompanied.

Directions: Signposted from the A91. Please park with consideration for other houses in the area.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: CAP: Forth Valley Debt Centre 60%

West Leas
Bonchester Bridge TD9 8TD
Mr and Mrs Robert Laidlaw
Sunday 7 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01450 860711 E:ann@johnlaidlawandson.co.uk
The visitor to West Leas can share in an exciting and dramatic project on a grand scale, still in the making. At its core is a passion for plants, allied to a love and understanding of the land in which they are set. Collections of perennials and shrubs, many in temporary holding quarters, lighten up the landscape to magical effect. New lily pond and woodland planting added in 2019 and a new courtyard garden is under construction.

Directions: Signposted off the Jedburgh/Bonchester Bridge Road.

Admission: £4.00, children free

Charities: Macmillan Cancer Support: Borders Appeal 60%

Orton Walled Garden
Orton House, Rothes, Moray IV32 7QE
Mrs Carola Miller
Sunday 7 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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Orton Estate is known for its fishing on the Spey but over the last thirty years the eighteenth century family house has been restored and the private, sunken garden created. During that time the walled garden, which has, in Georgian and Victorian times been intensively cultivated, was rescued from being a Christmas tree plantation. So far we have made deep perimeter beds full of masses of roses which bloom throughout the summer, backed up by a variety of shrubs which flower from spring to autumn. The next stage is to work on a central point for the garden, so what you will see is a work in progress. This is our first garden opening.

Directions: On the B9015, three miles north of Rothes on the right and six miles south of Fochabers on the left. The main entrance is signed Orton Estate. Entrance for the garden will be signed Orton House at the small drive with tall trees and white lodge visible below you.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 50%

Dalswinton Mill
Dalswinton, Dumfries DG2 0XY
Colin and Pamela Crosbie
Sunday 7 August, 2pm - 6pm (2022)

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T:01387 740070 E:colincrosbiehort@btinternet.com
A newly created plantsman’s garden set around an 18th-century watermill with the Pennyland Burn running through it. The garden contains a wide range of perennials, trees and shrubs that favour the local climate and have been planted during the last few years. A variety of statuary can be found throughout the garden which sits in a hollow and can be only accessed by steps and there are slopes throughout the garden. Unfortunately, this makes the garden unsuitable for anyone with mobility requirements.

Directions: Garden lies in Dalswinton, halfway between the A76 and the A701 on the Auldgirth to Kirkton Road. From Auldgirth take the first left after the Dalswinton Village Hall. The Mill is on the corner before the bridge. We are unable to offer disabled parking.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: IFDAS 60%

Torcroft
Balnain, Glenurquhart IV63 6TJ
Barbara Craig
Monday 8 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

E:barbaramcraig@gmail.com
This garden is about three-quarters of an acre on a hillside overlooking Loch Meiklie in Glen Urquhart. It is a wild garden, with its own character and style. There are weeds and cardamine for the orange-tip butterflies, but most of all there are plants in profusion from acer, anemone and astrantia to veronicastrum, verbascum, weigela and water lilies. A natural stream comes into the garden and meanders into various small ponds. In the spring there are masses of bog primula of all types and colours. There is a fern bed, a rockery, herbs, wooded area, a stumpery and another pond nearby.

Directions: From Inverness turn right at Drumnadrochit and go towards Cannich. After four miles, sign Balnain, there is a very sharp right-hand bend with a high retaining wall on the right. At the end of the wall take the turning to the right signposted Torcroft Lodges.

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: Send a Cow 30% & Munlochy Animal Aid 30%

Humbie Dean
Humbie EH36 5PW
Frank Kirwan
Thursday 11 August, 10am - 4pm (2022)

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E:frank.kirwan@gmail.com
A two-acre ornamental and woodland garden sandwiched between two burns at 600 feet with interest throughout a long season. A limited palette of plants with hosta, hellebores, perennial geranium, primula, meconopsis, martagon lilies, clematis, spring bulbs, ground cover, herbaceous and shrub planting, bluebell meadow, mature and recent azalea and rhododendron planting. A short woodland walk has been created, only accessible by a series of steps.

Directions: Enter Humbie from the A68, pass the school and the village hall on the left then immediately turn right just before the Humbie Hub. Take the second left and Humbie Dean is on the left between two small bridges. Limited parking.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Mamie Martin Fund 60%

Longwood
Humbie EH36 5PN
Linda Flockhart and Sandra Gentle
Thursday 11 August, 10am - 4pm (2022)

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An extensive, long-established country garden at 800 feet, undergoing renewal. There are ducks and hens, stream and ponds as well as areas of wild garden and borders including roses, vegetables, lawns and woodlands. Stunning views over the Forth.

Directions: From the B6368 (Humbie to Haddington road) about one mile east of Humbie take the direction south to Blegbie Farm (signposted). Follow the road for circa two miles, passing Humbie Mains Farm as you go. You will find Blegbie Farm at a hard right-hand bend. The drive for Longwood will be straight in front of you, right beside Blegbie. Go straight up the drive and park at the bottom of the cottages. Do not turn right or left.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Médecins Sans Frontières 60%

Stobshiel House
Humbie EH36 5PD
Mr Maxwell and Lady Sarah Ward
Thursday 11 August, 10am - 4pm (2022)

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T:01875 833646 E:stobshiel@gmail.com
The walled garden at Stobshiel has recently lost all the box hedging due to blight. The garden has been redesigned with stone and gravel paths and soft edging. A large, formal lily pond now forms the focal point in front of the house. Through the walled garden, the paths lead you towards the greenhouse, potting shed and down to the cut-flower and vegetable garden. Outside the wall the garden is full of shrubs, roses, bulbs, trees, clematis and more. There are paths to wander around with plenty of seating. There is a large pond, another lily pond and a woodland garden with a burn running through. In May and June it is full of rhododendrons and azaleas.

Directions: On the B6368 Haddington/Humbie road; sign to Stobshiel one mile.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Fostering Compassion, SCIO 60%

A Blackbird Sings
20 Kings Park, Longniddry EH32 0QL
Graham and Maxine Pettigrew
Saturday 13 August, 10am - 5pm (2022)

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T:01875 853003
A long garden (35m) in a corner site of Glassel Park Estate. Planting is mostly by plant type - heathers, hosta, grasses, ferns, paeony, iris, alpine, rose - in ‘gardens within the garden’. Water features abound and an unheated conservatory contains cacti and insectivorous plants. Liquidambar, ‘kousa’ cornuses, contorted robinia, cherries, magnolia and rowan hupehensis provide vertical structure within the limited space. A flowering presence throughout the year complements our interest in bees and butterflies.

Directions: By car: Enter Dean Road from A198, right at Kings Avenue, right at Kings Park. By bus (124): Old Dean Road stop, down Old Dean Road, right at Kings Avenue, right at Kings Park.

Admission: by donation

Charities: St.Columba’s Hospice Care 30% & Leuchie 30%

Auchtermuchty Open Gardens
Fife KY14 7AP
The Gardeners of Auchtermuchty
Saturday/Sunday, 13/14 August, 12pm - 5pm (2022)

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Tickets for sale at Buittle House, Harthill, 29a Low Road and Ashbank. It’s a first! This year residents in Auchtermuchty, the home of Jimmy Shand, are opening their gardens. Some are hidden behind ancient walls, some have magnificent views over Falkland Hill and the Lomond Hills, and some are very fruitful! Stroll along through the ancient village and find a hidden walled garden with a giant Redwood Tree, see how you can turn a field into a home with a pond and small burn, a wild garden and a sunken terraced area. There are gardens which are work in progress and some are in constant evolution. View a forest orchard with over 200 apple varieties.
Buittle House 34 Newburgh Road KY14 7BT: Includes a forest orchard with over 200 apple varieties set in woodland. Emphasis on encouraging wildlife in all its forms, including areas of 'blauwgrasland' (blue grass land), which are nutrient poor. The extensive garden is edged by a burn that feeds into a large pond. It is a romantic, hilly, 'walk about' garden with some narrow rocky paths and steep steps.
Harthill Reediehill Farm KY14 7HS: There is a sunken terraced area surrounded by beds leading through a pergola then to a pond or over a small burn to a wild garden and small wooded area and raised beds.
4a Bondgate KY14 7AF: This walled garden is a former fruit and vegetable garden, there are still some old espalier fruit trees, namely apple, pear and plum. A herbaceous border runs up one side and a kitchen garden is at the rear. Seating areas make the most of the sunny, sheltered location.
Halhill Leckiebank Road KY14 7EB: The garden is a “work In progress” containing rockeries, herbaceous borders, a large greenhouse and a “hayfield” lawn area.
Baincraig Leckiebank Road KY14 7EB: A large rural garden designed for open views to the Lomond Hills, ease of maintenance and wildlife. The front lawn features a fine Wellingtonia with shrubs, fruit trees and a herbaceous border. Wildflower meadows, raised beds, a new pond, and woodland.
28 High Road KY14 7BE: This small garden has been re-designed to create areas for different functions and interests and is currently under construction. Phase 1 – the plants in an 8m x 8m herbaceous perennial border were specified by ‘Buchan and Brotchie’ to reflect the style of Beth Chatto, and were planted in April this year. An accompanying planting plan and plant key adds interest to the project.
34 High Road KY14 7BE: Featuring a wide range of flowering shrubs, complemented by beds with a variety of perennials and roses. A vegetable area, fruit bushes, well established conifers under planted with heathers. A small pond plays host to a number of frogs, local heron permitting!
36 High Road KY14 7BE: A garden in constant evolution. Shrub and perennial planting with a lawn for play and relaxation. A large area is dedicated to vegetable and fruit production. Areas of wild flowers with bordered beech hedges throughout . There is a steep gravel path.
Lindene 7 West Bank KY14 7LA: A small hidden garden which is easily cared for with shrubs, hostas, herbaceous plants and a central apple tree, with summer flowering pots on the patio.
29a Low Road KY14 7BB: The garden is hidden from the main road and is laid out with a spacious lawn with several secluded areas to sit, enjoy the peace. The main feature is a large pond stocked with Golden Orfe and water lilies. A selection of conifers of various shapes provides a colourful backdrop all year round. In the main season interest is provided by mature trees and shrubs along with mixed beds.
Redwood 1 Low Road KY14 7AU: A hidden walled garden with a giant redwood tree. A traditional formal garden in the process of being made more wildlife friendly. roses, lavender, hydrangea and yew hedge at the front, with herbaceous border, bay tree and small potager border.
Ashbank 2 High Street KY14 7AT: Another hidden walled cottage style garden, which has colour all year from the Magnolia and Camelias in spring to the Roses, Hostas, Dahlias and herbaceous borders later in the year. A small productive vegetable area and pots full of colour around the seating area.

Directions: On the A91 from Cupar and Kinross. B936 from Falkland and Newburgh. Stagecoach buses 36 or 94A. Moffat & Williamson buses 64, 64A and 66.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Auchtermuchty Community Centre 60%

Whitewin House
Golf Course Road, Girvan KA26 9HW
Linda Finnie and Graeme Finnie
Saturday/Sunday, 13/14 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01465 712358 M: 07855 269247 E:lafinnie@hotmail.com
Historic Whitewin House was built for Baronet Henry Tate of Tate and Lyle. The House stands in one acre of formal Victorian Garden redesigned over a five-year period, in the form of an English Manor House Garden which, of course, comes with its challenges because of its coastal location. The rockeries, beautiful scalloped lawns and the plethora of statuary, all complement the use of authentic Victorian bedding plants, trees and shrubs, ideally mirroring the ambience and grandeur of the house interior. Whitewin House is fortunate in having the prime position in Golf Course Road, having been the first house built there, standing majestically overlooking the Firth of Clyde, Ailsa Craig, Arran and the Kintyre Peninsula.

Directions: Approaching Girvan from the north on the A77 the turning to Golf Course Road is on the right hand side of the road before the town centre follow signs for Golf Course. From the south on the A77 come through Girvan, turn left at the lights, then first left and follow signs for the Golf Course. Entrance to the property will be signposted.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: All proceeds to SGS Beneficiaries

Willowhill
Forgan, Newport-on-Tay DD6 8RA
Eric Wright and Sally Lorimore
Saturday 13 August & Monday 15 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

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T:01382 542890 E:e.g.wright@dundee.ac.uk
W:www.willowhillgarden.weebly.com

An evolving three-acre garden. The house is surrounded by a series of mixed borders designed with different vibrant colour combinations for effect all season. Spectacular mix of roses, herbaceous perennials and annuals planted through the wide borders are a highlight in mid to late summer. A new ‘no dig’ 160-foot border in shades of white, blue, purple and pale yellow created in 2019/2020. Come and see! April and May for late spring bulbs and flowers; June and July for roses and high summer colour; August for late summer colour.

Directions: One-and-a-half miles south of Tay Road Bridge. Take the B995 to Newport off the Forgan roundabout. Willowhill is the first house on the left-hand side next to West Friarton Farm Strawberry Shed.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: Rio Community Centre 50%

Cally Gardens
Cally Avenue, Gatehouse of Fleet DG7 2DJ
Kevin Hughes
Sunday 14 August, 10am - 5pm (2022)

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T:01557 815228 E:info@callygardens.co.uk
W:www.callygardens.co.uk

Cally Gardens and specialist Plant Centre is a treasure trove of rare and exotic hardy plants gathered worldwide. The towering 18th-century walls of the former kitchen and pleasure garden of Cally House provide shelter for informal gardens created by the famous plant collector Michael Wickenden. Plantsman Kevin Hughes took ownership in 2018 and has since brought his own large collection of magnolias, daphnes and trilliums and has also expanded on many existing plant taxa, notably paeonia, meconopsis and nerines. As an ecologist and environmentalist, Kevin has adopted a philosophy of gardening with wildlife and is creating a new grassland planting whilst making the entire garden pesticide free with notable increases in biodiversity.

Directions: From Dumfries take the Gatehouse of Fleet turning off the A75, follow the B727 and turn left through the Cally Palace Hotel gateway from where the gardens are well signposted. A regular bus service will stop at the end of Cally Drive if requested.

Admission: £5.00, children free

Charities: WWF-UK 60%

Torcroft
Balnain, Glenurquhart IV63 6TJ
Barbara Craig
Monday 15 August, 2pm - 5pm (2022)

E:barbaramcraig@gmail.com
This garden is about three-quarters of an acre on a hillside overlooking Loch Meiklie in Glen Urquhart. It is a wild garden, with its own character and style. There are weeds and cardamine for the orange-tip butterflies, but most of all there are plants in profusion from acer, anemone and astrantia to veronicastrum, verbascum, weigela and water lilies. A natural stream comes into the garden and meanders into various small ponds. In the spring there are masses of bog primula of all types and colours. There is a fern bed, a rockery, herbs, wooded area, a stumpery and another pond nearby.

Directions: From Inverness turn right at Drumnadrochit and go towards Cannich. After four miles, sign Balnain, there is a very sharp right-hand bend with a high retaining wall on the right. At the end of the wall take the turning to the right signposted Torcroft Lodges.

Admission: £3.00, children free

Charities: Send a Cow 30% & Munlochy Animal Aid 30%