The Castle of Mey
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by Kirsty Wilson
2y ago
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, first viewed the then Barrogil Castle in 1952 whilst mourning the death of her beloved husband, King George VI. She fell for its remote isolated charm and when she heard it was to be left abandoned she was inspired to save it and preserve part of Scotland’s heritage. She bought it from Captain Imbert-Terry and it was the only property that she ever owned. Once the Queen Mother acquired the most northern castle on the Scottish mainland, she set about restoring and renovating the castle to its former glory. She changed the name back to the orginal ..read more
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Get back to your Roots
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by Kirsty Wilson
3y ago
Bringing you closer to Scottish flowers and plants at home ROOTS is a celebration of Scotland’s flora, helping both your garden and The National Trust for Scotland’s gardens thrive and flourish.  For £6 a month NTS will send you a ROOTS pack every six weeks, with gardening goodies, stories about Scotland’s plant life and tips from their expert Trust gardeners.  ROOTS can be bought as a treat for yourself or as a gift for a loved one.  Your subscription will include:  A ROOTS pack sent to you every six weeks with gardening goodies to help your garden bloom – and six times ..read more
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Shop
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by Kirsty Wilson
3y ago
Icelandic Poppies 3 folded notecards; Blank inside; Card size: 15cm x 15cm Printed in the UK on card from sustainable forests; Each card comes with a brown sustainable envelope; UK Delivery only £9.00 Click here to purchase. Foxglove Fantasy 3 folded notecards; Blank inside; Card size: 15cm x 15cm Printed in the UK on card from sustainable forests; Each card comes with a brown sustainable envelope; UK Delivery only £9.00 Click here to purchase. Summer Delight 3 folded notecards; Blank inside; Card size: 12.7cm x 12.7cm; Printed in the UK on card from sustainable fores ..read more
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Indoor – Smart Garden
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by Kirsty Wilson
3y ago
Plants have been proven to help improve our health. Plants help to reduce stress, improve air quality, provide consumables and overall happiness. Everyone deserves the opportunity to grow wherever they live on earth. Today 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. The Click and Grow Smart Garden allows you to grow plants indoors 365 days of the year. Even if you are a very busy household these growing systems take care of watering, light levels and nutrients while you enjoy the benefits. With a Smart Garden you can grow your favourite herbs, salads, fruits, vegetables and flowers in ..read more
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Pink Delight
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by Kirsty Wilson
4y ago
Early Summer Floral Design Here is a Constance Spry inspired arrangement featuring early Summer plants grown in Scotland for you to try.     Foxglove – Digitalis purpurea (mixed hybrids)  Foxgloves are incredible statuesque flowers at their best grown in a woodland setting. They put on a dazzling display in early summer each year and come in a range of colours from soft pinks, white and apricot shades.  They are a biennial plant meaning they put on a rosette of leaves in the first year, followed by flowers in the second. It is best to harvest the seed once ripe and sow in ..read more
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Growing Pulsatilla
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by Kirsty Wilson
4y ago
The genus Pulsatilla are a group of attractive perennial wildflowers native to the Northern hemisphere and distributed across a wide range of Europe and SW Asia. In our own gardens we can enjoy growing Pulsatilla for their magical early spring flowers. The flowers are soft and the foliage is covered in delicate grey-green hairy foliage. After flowering the attractive silky seed heads last for many months. In the wild Pulsatilla grow in grasslands where the soils are alkaline and of limestone origin. They are herbaceous which means they die down in winter by losing their leaves and they a ..read more
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Chic Chicory
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by Kirsty Wilson
4y ago
Add excitement to your winter vegetable patch by growing the glamorous vegetable chicory. This winter vegetable is a must as it is incredibly hardy and looks terrific on your plate. It is not grown enough in the UK yet it is the perfect winter vegetable for you to grow alongside kale. A member of the dandelion family, Chicory is a perennial herbaceous plant, mostly used for salads or cooked where it tends to lose its bitterness. It grows best in fertile soil and can grow happily in full sun or part shade. It is best to direct sow the seed about 1cm deep in late May – July for harvesting in the ..read more
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Clementine Wreath
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by Kirsty Wilson
4y ago
Make this festive Christmas wreath which is contemporary in its regular appearance, yet bold in the use of materials and colours. The design is composed of a tightly grouped ring of clementines, cranberries and green leaves. There is nothing that says Christmas more than sweet clementines and cranberries! The wonderful thing about this wreath is it has a citrus smell, but can be made more aromatic by using bay leaves or other herbs instead of evergreens like ivy. Materials:  Florist wire Clementines  Florist ring soaked Cranberries Leaves; bay leaves, ivy, pine, skimmia Step 1: Push florist w ..read more
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Japanese Acers
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by Kirsty Wilson
4y ago
Once you plant one Japanese Acer  in your garden you are likely to become addicted to Acers! Many gardeners can’t stop at just one. One reason for this is the staggering diversity of Acers available but it is hard to believe they have come from primarily three species; Acer japonicum, Acer shirasawanum and Acer palmatum. In colour, size, shape and texture no other tree provides so many options. You will find dwarf, midsize and large forms. Some are vase shaped while others cascade or form a column. In some cases the leaves can be star shaped, deeply dissected or nearly round. The colour range ..read more
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How to plant a bulb lasagne
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by Kirsty Wilson
4y ago
To get long lasting spring flower displays you need to try layering bulbs in what is called a ‘ bulb lasagne.’  This is when you layer them up one on top of another. It starts with the largest and latest flowering bulbs like tulips which go in deepest, moving to medium ones like daffodils (narcissus). The  smallest and earliest flowering bulbs  eg. crocus, snowdrops, iris, grape hyacinths, scillas, puschkinias, chinodoxas and anemones can go  in the top layer. The emergent shoots of the lower layer bulbs just bend magically round anything they hit sitting over their heads and keep on growing ..read more
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