Join The Caley at Saughton Park to help them celebrate Apple Day, with weather-permitting outdoor activities in the courtyard. See the fantastic display of apples, including heritage varieties from National Trust for Scotland gardens across the country. There are so many varieties of apples that you just don't see on supermarket shelves but taste delicious, so come along, find out more about them, and be inspired to grow your own!
The Caley has put together a series of interesting talks for the upcoming season, free to members and non-members alike.
Download the full program here.
A national event celebrating the best of Scottish smallholding with a varied programme of competitions, parades, talks, and demonstrations to create an opportunity for those who are interested in rural life and farming to get a close-up view of small-scale farming, introducing them to skills and livestock they would not normally encounter. More information here.
Grow Careers Scotland is back again at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with another day packed full of horticultural careers inspiration. This is the event for you to hear from experienced professionals and chat with many organisations across Scotland employing people in horticulture and gardening. The event is for anyone considering a career in horticulture whether you are already studying towards a qualification or are just nurturing the seed of a career change. Tickets on sale soon here.
Spend a day celebrating Scotland’s Orchards with a series of talks from the likes of David Atkinson from Falkland Estate and Colin Wren from National Trust for Scotland. Afterwards, enjoy a light lunch and guided walks around the Megginch Orchards, home to over 1400 trees, led by owner Catherine Drummond-Herdman. Book online at Scotland’s Garden and Landscape Heritage website.
The Caley is asking for as many members as possible to help them complete some essential gardening tasks during their Dig Day. This is a great opportunity as a member to meet fellow horticulture lovers and swap gardening tips, along with enjoying some fresh air. The group will be meeting in the courtyard and ask that you wear weather-appropriate clothing.
Save the date for next year's Scone Palace Garden Fair to celebrate the best of Scottish gardening where our country's top plant nurseries, garden centres, and gardening societies, will gather on the main lawns under the backdrop of the historic Scone Palace, the Crowning Place of the Scottish Kings. Alongside some marvellous makers featuring garden related crafts, outdoor furniture specialists, representatives from the horticultural colleges, the garden presenters from BBC gardening programme 'Beechgrove', you will find inspiration in the show gardens in the Scottish Garden Design Competition.
Access to the vast gardens and grounds surrounding Scone Palace is included in the price so take the chance to go for a woodland walk and visit the giant conifers in the Victorian Pinetum, tour the Kitchen Garden, enjoy the recently opened Walled Garden, or get lost in the Murray Star Maze.
Limited Early Bird tickets are now on sale! For more information, visit the Scone Palace website.
