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Stunning Kirkcudbright garden to open to visitors for Scotland's Gardens Scheme
Sunday is a chance for people to see The Limes and raise money for charity at the same time. The Limes in Kirkcudbright will be open to visitors on Sunday as part of the Scotland's Gardens Scheme. It is a renowned one-and-a-quarter acre plantsman's garden with a variety of different plant habitats. The owners have meticulously planned the planting to give year round interest and early summer is a particularly colourful season when, as regular visitors will know, you can expect to see a large number of unusual and exciting plants in flower at this time of year. The gravel garden is just beginning to come into its own and the kitchen garden is beginning to show its promise of abundance. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. The Limes will be open from 2pm to 5pm this Sunday and is also open by arrangement. It can be found on the A711 as you go out of Kirkcudbright towards Dundrennan. Entry is £5 for adults and free for children. Proceeds will go to Friends of Kirkcudbright Swimming Pool and Scottish Garden Scheme charities.
The Independent
25-02-2025
- The Independent
Gardens to visit for the best displays of spring bulbs
Whether you love cheerful daffodils, pint-sized crocuses, majestic tulips or dainty camassias, there are plenty of gardens to visit where you can take in the glorious swathes of spring flowering bulbs. Now's your chance to leaf through some of the best: Daffodils Anyone who loves daffodils should visit the family home of the iconic poet William Wordsworth, when the hosts of golden daffodils are out. Wordsworth considered himself as good a landscape gardener as a poet, and the Rydal Mount garden is the largest example of his design. The five acre garden, incorporating fellside terraces, rock pools and an ancient mound, remains very much as he designed it. RHS Garden Bridgewater has 20,000 bulbs, planted over the last two years, which are due to come into bloom. In the Community Wellbeing garden, daffodils lead the way for a pageant of spring bulbs, with tulips and alliums following later. Lower Bowden Manor, Pangbourne, Berkshire (open by arrangement for the National Garden Scheme to December 5, for groups of between six and 50) This seven-acre garden with stunning views, designed and added to over the years by owner and garden designer Juliet Cox-Nicol, features a carpet of daffodils surrounding a marble statue of Pan in the orchard, while ancient multi-stem apple trees link the garden to the wider landscape, which overlooks the Thames Valley to the Chilterns. Welcome in the spring with the magnificent daffodil displays at Springhill, accompanied by some special magnolias and beautiful, white-stemmed birches. The daffodil collection in the walled garden is expanding year by year, with 600 new bulbs added each autumn. Mill of Forneth, Perthshire (open March 30 and June 8 for Scotland's Gardens Scheme) Stroll through drifts of daffodils on the banks of the Lunan Burn, on the site of a former watermill originally laid out in the 1970s by James Aitken, the Scottish landscape designer and naturalist. The sheltered four-acre garden has a range of mature trees, including a Himalayan blue cedar, large rhododendrons, azaleas and a wide range of shrubs. Planting includes established perennials with seasonal colours, many bulbs, primulas and heathers. This is the garden that just keeps on giving. From early in the season, in the hidden woodland garden, little daffodils pop up, then by mid-March a showstopping display of tens of thousands of daffodils and crocuses appear in large drifts throughout the Kennel Bank. Thousands of snake's head fritillaries can also be enjoyed in the North Lawn in the spring. Bates Green Garden, East Sussex (open Wednesdays and Saturdays from February 26 to October 26, and on March 9 and October 5 for the National Garden Scheme) A garden partner of the RHS, this tranquil 1.5 acre garden surrounding a 19th century gamekeeper's cottage was designed and planted by the late plantswoman Carolyn McCutchan over a period of many years, from 1968. Spring visitors can walk through a wild daffodil glade leading to the 24-acre ancient Beatons Wood, home of the Arlington Bluebell Walk in late spring. Wallington, Cambo, nr Morpeth, Northumberland Just as the snowdrops have reached their peak, drifts of crocuses emerge to create a deep purple carpet in the garden of this National Trust property, where the crocus lawn is a must-see, along with the fantastic displays of other spring bulbs throughout the season. Tulips Hampton Court Palace, Surrey Visitors can see more than 10,00 vibrant tulips which will fill Fountain Court, the heart of Queen Mary II's baroque palace, at this year's annual tulip festival which runs from April 11 to May 5. Floating tulip bowls will drift in the Great Fountain, showcasing a beautiful floral display. The palace holds one of the UK's largest displays of award-winning planted tulips, with more than 100,000 tulip bulbs bringing its historic gardens to life. Bright blooms will burst from every corner of the formal gardens and cobbled courtyards, with each bulb handpicked and planted by its expert gardening team. Abbotsford near Melrose, Scottish Borders (open from March 1) Don't miss the tulip festival in late April and early May at the home of Sir Walter Scott, who designed Abbotsford's three Regency walled gardens in the 1820s to surround his 'Conundrum Castle', and which remain virtually intact today. Scott's garden offers a series of secluded, richly detailed and sheltered 'rooms'. In its day, it would have showcased the latest plants discovered from around the globe. Regular tours are held exploring Scott's vision for the garden and the hidden meanings of its design. The restored Sunken Garden at 19th-century Castle Ward is adorned with thousands of colourful tulips, hyacinths and Osmanthus fortunei each spring. Head Gardener Andy Dainty based the design of the garden on an 1864 painting by Mary Ward, which saw the installation of 61 parterres, each filled with a variety of colourful plants. In late spring, you'll find five miles of bluebell trails to explore too. Camassias Want to see swathes of camassias in late spring? Look no further than the RHS's flagship garden when flowering begins around mid to late April with the blue Camassia leichtlinii subsp. suksdorfii Caerulea Group, and culminates some eight to 10 weeks later with starbursts of creamy white Camassia leichtlinii 'Semiplena' in late May to June. The camassia meadows are near the Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden and RHS Hilltop and extend to the Rock Garden. Bluebells Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire Steep wooded valley, waterfalls and fast-flowing streams have given this place the name of Little Switzerland. So enjoy the mass of bluebells on a three-mile walk to blow the cobwebs away. Take the whole family through the estate's bluebell wood in late April and early May on a four-mile route which is ideal for all weathers, thanks to a hard surface. The woodlands at Blickling are carefully managed through the winter months to ensure plenty of sunlight reaches the ground, producing a glorious show of bluebells, which you'll see whichever way you look, while savouring the views of the spectacular hall and lake.
