Charity Open Garden Day - 26th June Scotland's Garden Scheme and Help for Heroes

12.30 - 3.30pm Come and meet our chefs as they BBQ up 'Something Delicious in a Bun'.  Also try our homemade lemonade, local strawberries and cream and of course our own homemade ice creams.

Afternoon tea and Scones 3.30-5pm

Maria Nordgren will be bringing her potters wheel for anyone to have a go, there will also be a Clay Play table for children to try their hand at sculpture.  Maria has made some beautiful pots just ready to be bought alongwith a charming little plant from the shop.

Rachel Bower will be demonstrating Willow weaving as she constructs her beautiful wigwam plant climbing frames.

The Alyth Photographic Club will be selling their wonderful photos taken just last week around the Lands of Loyal Garden.

The pet show is open to all, the classes are Clever Trick, Puppy Class (1 year and under), young handlers and of course Best in Show.  It is not exclusive to Dogs but please no snakes. In fact just keep it to four legs and fur.  Apart from that there really are no rules, so if you have a Gerbil that can do back flips bring it along for the clever trick class because it will for certain beat anything my dog can do. 1.30 - 2.30pm

We are delighted to be entertained by Perthshire Brass, a wonderful local brass band with acolades that list it amoungst the best in Scotland.  This was a very popular attraction last year and we are thrilled they are able to come back again. 1-1.30pm and 2.30-3.30pm

All welcome, Free of charge but donations will be asked for.  12.00 - 5pm

Lands of Loyal Garden Open Day

I am really not good at this Blog thing, I am so behind with it but our Garden Day was too brilliant not to tell you a little bit about it.



It was on Sunday 27th June and for most of the day the sun shone. We'll ignore the tropical thunderstorm from 4pm onwards. The poly tunnel plant shop did a roaring trade with my mother taking charge of the sales, yet never quite mastering the till. Whilst brother Jo took on the financial end of the BBQ, which was aptly named 'Something Delicious in a Bun'. Even though he refused to wear the flowery pinny I had made out of an old curtain specially for the occasion.
Everyone of the staff was involved and the day was a great success, it was well supported by Alyth town and we were delighted to have the Flora and Hortus florist from Kirriemuir and For Art's Sake from Scone also contributing to the activities. The brass band led by George Annan of Pertshire Brass was very well received and really added to the summer garden party atmosphere. Herald Events brought along Capt'n Hogwash who ran an excellent Pirate training camp in the garden, some of the children were so excited about the prospect of going to a proper Pirate school they dressed up for it.



I will be delighted to hold another Garden Open Day next year when we will build on our experience in this our first year and present another great day, come and enjoy it with us, Sunday 26th June 2011. We will be continuing to support both Scotland's Garden Scheme and Help for Heroes with our plant sales throughout the year.