"SRUC Students in a Spin Over Plans for Gardening Scotland"

Garden Design students from Scotland’s Rural College turned to a group of Model Engineers to help them build one of the show gardens planned for Gardening Scotland at Ingliston from 29th-31st May.












Read the full News article here about the help we are getting from ESME:  http://www.sruc.ac.uk/news/article/1237/sruc_students_in_a_spin_over_plans_for_gardening_scotland 

Constructive Fun

Another busy day yesterday preparing the show gardens. Lots of problems solved!

Construction Team were busy beavers very kindly helped by Chris the Builder, who has sorted how to make the bookshelves for the outdoor library for #ReadersGarden15.

Thank you Chris!














Glasgow Botanics have kindly donated some mature papyrus to #KnittedGarden15. Susan and Penny went over to collect, and then we got them potted up and fed to get them in tip top condition for the Show (the plants that is, not Susan & Penny)

Another Trip to Almondell to see ESME and look at how the turntable is progressing. Nearly there with a very elegant yet simple solution! Thanks to the guys!















The Plant Team brought together a lot of the #ReadersGarden15 plants to see how they were all looking together. Have to say they were looking gorgeous! What a lovely woodland glade it is going to be. Photos don't do the plants justice!

Sunshine for the soul

First session back after Easter, and we had a very productive day down at the greenhouse with the whole team. 

Some of the plant team went off to R&B to purchase some more sapling trees whilst the rest began the construction for Readers Garden. Some lovely sedges were potted up from the gardens to bring them on for the Knitted Garden.

We then gave lots of TLC to all our plants for both gardens, and generally enjoyed being out in some warm sunshine for the morning, as did the trees.

The Papyrus has arrived by post for 'In the Knitted Garden'.  It has been planted up and is now sitting happily in the greenhouse with its feet nice and wet!

Panda spotting

Lovely big bamboos for the Knitted Garden. I wonder if we can do some spinning and weaving out of these once the Show is done... ;)

Phllostachys aureosulcata “Aureocaulis”

Happy in the greenhouse.

Some more nice big bamboos at R&B, destined for the Knitted Garden

Cosy Tree

What has Susan been up to!

The girls taking a well earned lunch

The Artist (Susan) contemplating the best way to work in all those ends... 

Cosy tree!

It's very colourful too, amongst the drab of the granite paving.

In a Woodland Glade

Beautiful woodland glade plants - see them in May at Gardening Scotland in The Readers Garden.

Lilium martagon 'Album'

Fern with spores

Pinus sylvestris

Anthriscis sylvestris 'Ravenswing'

Astrantia major

Digitalis purpurea 'Alba'

Geranium phaeum