Scotland's Gardens is a horticultural charity established in 1931 and based in
Edinburgh. It raises money for other charities by opening otherwise private gardens throughout the country to the general public. The criteria to have your garden listed in the "Yellow Book" are tough, and it is considered a challenge to achieve a listing.
40% of the funds raised are given to charities selected by the owners of the gardens. Over 200 charities benefit every year. The other 60% of funds are given to four charities selected by Scotland's Gardens:
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Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland
The Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) is a charity which promotes high quality community nursing. Based in Edinburgh, the body was founded in 1889 with the opening of the small Central Training Home at North Charlotte Street. Due to the h ...
*the Garden's Fund of the
National Trust for Scotland
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Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres
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Perennial
Event
In addition to the gardens listed in its "Yellow Book" the charity also promotes several larger annual events, for example:
*Orkney Garden Festival
*Rhododendron Festival
*Scottish Snowdrop Festival
Participating gardens
Some of the more noted listed gardens include:
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Carolside, Borders
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Garden of Cosmic Speculation
The ''Garden of Cosmic Speculation'' is a 30 acre (12 hectare) sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks at his home, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Like much of Jencks' work, the garden is inspire ...
, near Dumfries
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Granton Garden
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 gar ...
, Edinburgh
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Kailzie Gardens, Borders
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Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire
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Dean Gardens, Edinburgh
The Dean Gardens (previously known as Eton Terrace Gardens) are private communal gardens near the Stockbridge suburb of the New Town area of Edinburgh, EH4. The gardens lie over a sized site on the steep north bank of the Dean Valley throug ...
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Cakemuir Castle
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Kilcoy Castle
Kilcoy Castle is a 16th-century castle near Muir of Ord and Tore on the Black Isle, in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Kilcoy Castle is a ‘Z’ plan fortalice dating from no later than 1618 and possibly founded as early as 1580 (contemporary with Da ...
, the Black Isle
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Kincardine Castle, Royal Deeside
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Ross Priory, West Dunbartonshire
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Row House
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, Stirling
*
Yair House Yair may refer to:
*A spelling variant of the Jewish name Jair or Ya'ir
*Yair (name), list of people with the name Yair
*Yair, Scottish Borders
Yair, also known as The Yair, is an estate in the Scottish Borders. It stands by the River Tweed in ...
, Borders
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Scottish Dark Sky Observatory, near
Dalmellington
See also
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Gardening in Scotland
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National Gardens Scheme, a similar organisation in England, Northern Ireland, Wales and The Channel Islands.
References
External links
Official website
1931 establishments in Scotland
Horticultural organisations based in the United Kingdom
Charities based in Edinburgh
Organizations established in 1931
Garden festivals in Scotland
Scottish awards
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