Author Archives: Deborah McMillin

Holehird

Posted on: January 5th, 2013 by
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Visited on September 19, 2007 While looking through the internet link my daughter had sent me for vacation planning I found Holehird gardens under “Blooms with a View.” What caught my attention was the fact that the 10-acre garden on a mountainside is maintained by volunteers. Wednesday was the day indicated to visit if you [Read the full story …]

Weeping Ash Gardens

Posted on: January 5th, 2013 by
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  Visited on September 16, 2007 When we planned our itinerary for the garden centre tour, I was aware of the Weeping Ash Garden associated with the Bents garden centre.  I made sure to schedule our trip to Bents for the third Sunday of the month so that I could tour this garden. Weeping Ash [Read the full story …]

RBG Edinburgh

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Visited on September 24, 2007 Although the weather was generally good for most of our travels, the day trip to Edinburgh was extremely wet. We took a bus ride from the city centre to the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, the second oldest Botanic Garden in Britain. Founded in 1670 by two physicians who wanted [Read the full story …]

Cluny

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A "Magical Woodland" Visited on May 18th, 2011 During the month of May I traveled with 54 British members of the Lakeland Horticulture Society (Windermere, England) to the highlands of Northwest Scotland. It was an eight-day tour of a dozen gardens, starting near our first base at Ullapool, Scotland to the gardens of Dunvegan Castle, [Read the full story …]