Scotland's Gardens is a horticultural charity established in 1931 and based in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
. It was founded to raise money for the
Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland, to help support the Queen's Nurses, before the creation of the National Health Service. It now 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 Gardens Fund of the
National Trust for Scotland
The National Trust for Scotland () is a Scottish Building preservation and conservation trusts in the UK, conservation organisation. It is the largest membership organisation in Scotland and describes itself as "the charity that cares for, sha ...
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Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres
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Perennial
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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
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...
, near Dumfries
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Granton Garden, Edinburgh
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Kailzie Gardens, Borders
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Kildrummy Castle
Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles dating from the 13th century to survive in eastern Scotland, and was the seat of the Earls of Mar. It is owne ...
, Aberdeenshire
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Dean Gardens, Edinburgh
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Cakemuir Castle
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Kilcoy Castle, the Black Isle
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Kincardine Castle, Royal Deeside
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Ross Priory
Ross Priory is an early 19th-century country house located west of Gartocharn, West Dunbartonshire, on the south shore of Loch Lomond, Scotland. From the 14th century the estate, known as The Ross, was owned by a branch of the Buchanan family o ...
, West Dunbartonshire
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Row House
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, Stirling
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Yair House, Borders
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Scottish Dark Sky Observatory, near
Dalmellington
Dalmellington (, ) is a market town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland
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Prior gardens
*Dawyck, Stobo
*Broughton Place, Broughton
*Cardrona House, by Innerleithen
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The Kirna
The Kirna, known locally as Kirna House (previously also as Grangehill), is a Category A listed villa in Walkerburn, Peeblesshire, Scotland. It is one of three villas in Walkerburn designed by Frederick Thomas Pilkington between 1866 and 1869 ...
, Walkerburn
*Arniston, Gorebridge
*Dundas Castle, South Queensferry
*Halmyre, West Linton
*Springmount, Peebles
See also
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Gardening in Scotland
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National Gardens Scheme
The National Garden Scheme opens privately owned gardens in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and the Channel Islands on selected dates for charity. It was founded in 1927 with the aim of "opening gardens of quality, character and interest to th ...
, 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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