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Specific Families and Genera => Rhododendron and other Ericaceae => Topic started by: TC on June 13, 2016, 04:29:21 PM

Title: Arduaine gardens
Post by: TC on June 13, 2016, 04:29:21 PM: Visited Arduaine on 11 May on a warm sunny day. As with all garden visits, it is a compromise with what is in flower. Here is a sample.
29 pictures spread over the next lot of posts
Starting with the entrance and immediate plants.
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Post by: TC on June 13, 2016, 04:36:59 PM: The white varieties are all scented.
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Post by: TC on June 13, 2016, 04:40:35 PM: More yet
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Post by: johnralphcarpenter on June 13, 2016, 05:04:40 PM: Haven't been there for some years. The last time we were there the threat of closure was hanging over it - hopefully now lifted.
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Post by: Maggi Young on July 07, 2016, 02:55:22 PM: Arduaine Garden

It is now possible to pay for Arduaine Friends membership via Paypal on the garden's website. For only £7 for an individual or £15 for a family you can enjoy ALL YEAR round access to this lovely garden. Member fees go towards keeping the garden running, every penny helps! Just follow this link..........
http://www.arduainegarden.org/join-today.html (http://www.arduainegarden.org/join-today.html)
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Post by: Maggi Young on June 28, 2017, 01:14:20 PM: From Arduaine Gardens.....

New Head Gardener Gregor Anderson with new First Gardener Donald Gunthrie and seasoned Arduaine gardener Cary Fowler

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Cary, Donald, Gregor

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Post by: Maggi Young on June 28, 2017, 08:16:16 PM: "News from the Garden...If you'd like to know what's happening with all the flora in Arduaine Garden this June then please read on. Head Gardener Gregor Anderson has an update via the website "
http://www.arduainegarden.org/from-the-garden (http://www.arduainegarden.org/from-the-garden)
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Post by: TC on June 30, 2017, 12:51:22 PM: This article reminded me that I had a pile of pictures of West Coast gardens taken in the glorious weather of early May. We visited the Tree Centre at Loch Fyne, Kilmory Gardens at Lochgilphead then on the Arduaine, staying at the Loch Melford hotel overnight, visiting the gardens in the evening and the morning before returning via Crarae and then Benmore.

I had almost forgotten how beautiful the landscape is on the west coast...when the sun shines.

Laziness has prevented me from resizing the pictures so here are a selection....no plant names !

Pictures will have to wait as we have been informed that the power is going off as a mysterious cable fault is affecting our area. It has been off most of the time since 2200 last night.

It came back on at 0730 but did not stay on long enough to boil a kettle so breakfast was taken at M&S locally. It came on again long enough for me to come on line, but not long enough to do anything.