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Maggi Young:
This article  is  from 2015  about  Jim and The  Linn ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2015/oct/15/linn-botanic-gardens-scottish-in-pictures-philip-hoare

PeterT:
The summer house was given back to me by a neighbour for whom I used to work 30 years ago, when I finished digging the pond where it sits. This was while Jaimie was at college or Benmore, before he took charge of The Linn.
My father mended it and gave it a new roof. It used to be at the end of the tennis court which became the long pond at The Linn when we moved there. It had a circular track so that it could spin on wheels. We had towed it to the other end of the top garden. Then, the man who sold us The Linn wanted to take it to where he built a house next door.  18 years later it came back from there to decorate the newly made pond. Originally it came from Wemyss bay, I think.

PeterT:
My Father's funeral is to be on Saturday, July 6th, Craigrownie Church, Cove & Kilcreggan, sevice at 10:30 a.m. followed by burial at the Barbour cemetery, and refreshments supplied by the Green Kettle tearoom, Portincaple, Garelochhead, Tea will be in the Gibson Hall Garelochhead, from 12, due to the number of people likely to be there

McGinty:
A fitting funeral took place for Dr Jim Taggart near the Linn Gardens on Saturday 6th July. It was very well attended by people who had known him.  Just over 60 family, friends, neighbours and colleagues attended the wake. Even more people were at the service in Craigrownie, his local church and the committal in Barbour Cemetery. Jim's daughter, others in the family and Friends of The Linn Botanic Gardens will endeavour to ensure the garden has a fitting future.

Maggi Young:
Many will be aware that the Linn was bought and is being retored - garden and houses, by Matthew Young and his family. ( No relation to me or Ian)  Matthew has been posting regularly about progress  on Twitter and last Friday featured on Gardeners World.  And " the3growbags  " - sisters with a great love of gardening, have also posted about the appearancee on GW  and a visit they made to the Linn last year  ( travelling to speak to Helensburgh and Gareloch Horticultural Society)
https://the3growbags.com/garden-reviews/scotland/linn-botanical-garden-helensburgh/
Those in the UK will be able to find the GW film  on TV, and there may be something on Youtube as well.
 

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