Yesterday morning I met this lovely big hedgehog trotting through the grass near the greenhouse. He didn’t notice me and came right past,...

I was given this plant last year and have been surprised to see how tall and beautiful it has grown. Most of our iris are fairly small,...

I find it hard to take a good photo of red rhododendrons. I guess I’m usually trying in sunlight and that doesn’t seem to give great...

June and July bring us new scents in the garden. The maddenii family that started to bloom in May get into full flow. The full names are...

While we now have several well established clumps of perennial meconopsis in the garden, getting new seedlings to this stage can be a...

Last winter we cleared round this rhododendron to make more space and it has certainly responded. Although flowering later than usual the...

As well as the ’upside down’ magnolia wilsonii, this big beauty is now flowering. The huge leaves are really it’s best feature but the...

In the rock garden the raised bed with trilliums is now shaded by the acer foliage above and this beautiful trillium has opened. It’s...

Here’s another photo to enjoy!

These smaller magnolias are currently flowering and beautifully scented- I think they smell like lily of the valley but everyone’s sense...

We placed a bench on Granny’s Hens directly beneath the R lindleyi and the scent is heavenly at present. The flowers form huge lily-like...

The big blue poppies are just coming into flower in the rock garden and look amazing! This is Mophead one of the early ones with huge...

The Show was held at Gibson Hall Garelochhead yesterday and Glenarn helped to make a wonderful display of many special rhododendrons as...

Bow likes to come with me in the garden, especially when she is waiting to be fed. She spends a lot of time looking for mice and voles...

The small pond behind the house is full of tadpoles. Our usual frog gathering started in February and continued for a month, generating...

It’s been a wonderful 2 weeks of magnolias with the first petals now falling after the colder weather. At Glenarn we have about 10 large...