James Ironside, a Peterheid loon born in 1865, began his career as a gardener at Pitfour, near Mintlaw:
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After learning the art, craft and science of gardening at Pitfour, James Ironside was appointed as Head Gardener for Blackadder in the Scottish Borders:
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In January 1903 James Ironside ‘retired’ from Blackadder. Interested in weather forecasting he was presented a barometer:
James Ironside then opened a Nursery at Berwick upon Tweed. He called it HOPE Nursery:
