The Granton Garden is an organic wildlife garden in the
Granton area of
Edinburgh, at the home of the musician and gardener Fraser Drummond. There are over 200 species in one small walled garden. Drummond has recorded 29 bird species in the garden as well as fox, hedgehog, squirrel and a colony of frogs.
It has appeared in the BBC television programme ''
The Beechgrove Garden
''Beechgrove'' (formerly known as ''The Beechgrove Garden'') is a television programme broadcast since 1978 on BBC Scotland. Over the years it has been broadcast on BBC Scotland, BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland and Britbox.
History
''Beechgro ...
'' and in ''
The Scotsman''. and has regularly been open to the public as part of
Scotland's Garden Scheme.
Areas
The garden is 90 feet by 40 feet and divided into three areas: woodland, rockery and evergreen. The woodland area includes six varieties of ''
Fritillaria'', twelve varieties of ''
Primula'' and
Erythronium 'Pagoda'
''Erythronium'' 'Pagoda' is a cultivar of the genus ''Erythronium'' in the family Liliaceae. Its origin may be as a hybrid between '' Erythronium tuolumnense'' and ''Erythronium'' 'White Beauty' (thought to be a cultivar of '' E. californicum'') ...
. The rockery has ponds, a greenhouse and numerous unusual species, e.g. ''
Vestia'', ''
Actinidia kolomikta
''Actinidia kolomikta'', the kolomikta, miyamatatabi, variegated-leaf hardy kiwi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Actinidiaceae, native to temperate mixed forests of the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan and China (Eastern Asiatic Regi ...
'' and ''
Ribes speciosum
''Ribes speciosum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Grossulariaceae, which includes the edible currants and gooseberries. It is a spiny deciduous shrub with spring-flowering, elongate red flowers that resemble fuchsias, though it i ...
''. The evergreen area has
''Polyanthus'' and lily flowered
tulips
Tulips (''Tulipa'') are a genus of spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (having bulbs as storage organs). The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly coloured, generally red, pink, yellow, or white (usually in warm ...
.
Views of the garden
File:Wild fox in the Granton Garden.jpg, Wild fox in the Granton Garden, February 2006
File:Pond in the Granton Garden.jpg, Pond in the Garden, April 2012
File:Granton Garden Rockery.jpg, Rockery, April 2012
File:Granton Garden borders 1.jpg, Rockery, April 2012
File:Granton Garden borders 2.jpg, Rockery, April 2012
File:Granton Garden borders 3.jpg, Front Garden April 2012
File:Granton garden varieties 1.jpg, Erythronium revolutum "White Beauty"
File:Granton Garden varieties 2.jpg, Erythronium "Pagoda"
File:Granton Garden varieties 3.jpg, Rheum Palmatum
References
External links
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Gardens in Edinburgh
Environment of Edinburgh
Granton, Edinburgh