Suntrap Garden April 2012.

thats one good place to be. is it a community garden?
organised group plantings , my kind of evening :o)

Lovely blog, Scotsgran, and I especially like those yellow Frittillaria, so pretty. All your group look like they are enjoying themselves too, what a great way to spend an evening. Good luck with all your future plans.

You have a lot going on there,how could you not enjoy.

I`ve enjoyed your little tour and the gardening group look to be enjoying themselves.
That Viburnum for its leaves alone would earn its keep in any garden, and I love the woodland pic with the Frittillaries.

I would love the kind of community spirit going on in this blog Scot.g. you cannot get this just anywhere, it is priceless. The gardens look just lovely.

What a nice way to spend an evening Grandmage, the garden is looking lovely :-))

I really enjoyed your blog, it all looks so well cared for. I love the lawn area threading through the shrub borders.

Lovely Gran :)

Thank you all for your kind messages. You can read more about the Suntrap Gardening Club on http://sos2010.btck.co.uk and there you will also find a link to the new Save our Suntrap website. We are just a group who meet here but we are part of the desperate struggle with the owners of the site, to save the garden which was given to the people of Scotland by an entrepreneur who really cared about the environment and the kind of world we will pass on to future generations. We are a very friendly bunch who enjoy gardening. Once a year we bring along baskets and fill them under supervision to ensure they will flower the whole season long. Next month we are due to visit a Frog Garden. The lady who owns it is very keen on conserving the frog and it should be an interesting evening. We are always happy to welcome new members and you can contact the group via the website.

Thankyou for sharing Scotsgran, it does look a beautiful place and so well cared for and I can see the members are happy in their work..

I really enjoyed this Scotsgran. Its lovely to see people working together like this. Those Crown Imperials are gorgeous. I've never had them survive in my garden, I don't know why. Is this group the only one or are there anymore in different parts of the country?

Thank for the blog S. It was nice to see all your members enjoying themselves. Gardens looking great. That is a lively pond. When I had the girls along there last year the chap took time to talk to them about it. Lovely!

Good to see you all enjoying yourselves, what a happy group you all are, thanks for the blog.

Nice to see people hard at it, planting, and all seemingly having a great time :o)
Those yellow things are wonderful. They look like a relative of the arum lily.

We are all hoping and praying that we can continue our gardening group in the garden. We would all be devastated if at was to be sold off. Rose I'm sure there are gardening groups like ours up and down the country but we are very lucky that we have the garden to go into so that we can see what some of the lecturers are talking about and when it comes to practical classes like this one we have the huge potting shed to use which is out of the weather. Our club secretary deserves a medal in my eyes because he is retired and a volunteer but he put in so much work securing the buildings on site from the weather when the owners felt it was outwith their reach to spend the money. He obviously did a good job because Historic Scotland have listed the main house, the dovecot and the compost area at Grade "B". That means it has been easier to get politicians behind the committee to save the place from falling in to the hands of the developers. He still goes in twice a week to help keep on top of the garden. A small band of volunteers go in and do the weeding etc necessary to keep it looking this good. It is a great place for children to run about and learn about gardening. As Scottish says the volunteers and staff who were here in the past are all imbued with this sense of peace and tranquility. They are endlessly patient and determined to show others that this must be saved. If you live anywhere in the area or are visiting Edinburgh we hope you will drop in. If somebody does not identify the arum lily type plant I will find out what it is and let you all know.

Thanks for that, Scotsgran. We have friends in Lanark , but don't get to see them very often, but if we do and its not too far, I'm sure we would love to pop in.

It will be less than an hour away from Lanark - about 35 miles. We would love to see you too Rose.