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 to grow medicinal plants, the original garden plot was the size … Continue reading the story "RBG Edinburgh"

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, situated on a rocky … Continue reading the story "Cluny"