When he grows up.
Sunday Post, 31st August 1952:
Tag: gardener
unfoldings and emergings of nature herself
On Sunday, 19th May 2024, our garden was one of several Bridge of Allan gardens made open for charity: To play this short film please click here. Music credits: [1] … Continue reading unfoldings and emergings of nature herself
8 days
What is in a name? I sometimes ask myself this. I was given the name Peter by my parents. It is the only name I identify with [no other name … Continue reading 8 days
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Who past from the stage of time
Old Lecropt churchyard feels like home to me [we all die]. In the churchyard [a churchyard that has been without a church since 1827] is a tombstone with an inscription … Continue reading Who past from the stage of time
‘Also a dibber’
As a gardener, I am keen to learn about the lives of other gardeners’. When in Strathearn last week I came across this carved tombstone remembering Peter Graham [1751-1808]. Other … Continue reading ‘Also a dibber’
His tall, dapper figure: familiar to everybody
I recently visited Inverardoch estate near Doune and made this short film about Inverardoch house [demolished in 1950] and this short film on Inverardoch mausoleum. One of the stalwarts of … Continue reading His tall, dapper figure: familiar to everybody
hands-on gardener
Quote: From the Herald, 6 January 2024 Photograph: Peter Scott-Gordon opposite Abbotsford writing in his commonplace book, Saturday 15 June 2019