Virtual Charity Open Day
August 2nd, 2020 - August 2nd, 2020For many years we have held an open day on the first Sunday of August to help raise money for the charity Scotland's Garden Scheme. Sadly we have had to cancel this year but we invite you to visit our website, Facebook or Instagram pages to watch a video that we we have put together from previous years, new footage from the garden and a welcome tune from the top of the castle keep from Morrison's Academy's Pipe Major. Put a date in your diary for next year. A great family day out. Pipe band, brass band, Scottish country dancing, dog handling, classic cars, tea tent , stalls and more.
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Scottish Summer Garden Festival – Virtual: Outdoor cooking with Gillian Veal
August 1st, 2020 - August 1st, 2020Join award winning chef Gillian Veal, our resident chef here at Cambo Gardens to inspire your outdoor cooking with some exciting taste fusions and eclectic dishes bursting with flavour and colour which are sure to impress your guests this BBQ season. Gill will be using fresh produce from the gardens and giving you recipe ideas and tips and techniques that you can adopt in your household when cooling outdoors. Gill will offer a range of vegetarian starters, main courses and dessert ideas for you to try yourself at home.
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Scottish Summer Garden Festival – Virtual: Summer Stroll
July 30th, 2020 - July 30th, 2020Enjoy the peace and tranquillity of Armadale Castle’s magnificent gardens – from your armchair. The second in our series of virtual tours takes you on a leisurely stroll through the terrace walks, flower borders and relaxing ponds. Experience the colour of exotic shrubs, take in sweeping sea and mountain views from our front lawn, and discover some of the interesting sculptures dotted around the gardens. The sheltered aspect and the mild climate created by the Gulf Stream sea current create a unique microclimate here, making our gardens a floral paradise.
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Amisfield Walled Garden Online Tour Free
July 28th, 2020 - July 29th, 2020Come and join us online for a virtual tour of our beautiful walled garden at Amisfield from the volunteers who work here. Learn a little more about the history of the garden as well as the current activities here.
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Scottish Summer Garden Festival – Virtual: Abbotsford Organic Gardening
July 24th, 2020 - July 24th, 2020Abbotsford’s gardens are completely organic! Join Tim, our head gardener, for a look at how we manage our organic gardens with plenty of tips and tricks for keeping the pests away.
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Scottish Summer Garden Festival – virtual: Gardening at Home – Q&A with Aberdour Castle Gardeners Free
July 23rd, 2020 - July 23rd, 2020Aberdour Castle is one of Scotland’s oldest standing castles. The gardens and parkland surrounding the castle are a part of our natural, living heritage, changing with the seasons and over the centuries. Join our expert gardeners Modesta Peckaityte and Daniel Miller for an insight into how the gardens have been managed in the past and present and gain some top tips on how to keep your garden blooming all year round! Get your questions ready and tune in at 3.30pm on Thursday 23 July.
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Scottish Summer Garden Festival – Virtual: Virtual edible garden tour
July 20th, 2020 - July 20th, 2020Join Katherine in the edible garden taking a look at the different vegetables, fruits and salad varieties we have this season here at Cambo Gardens. Many of us have become green fingered over lockdown and this tour will include tips and tricks of how to get the best harvest from your crops, how to care for them and prevent pests, when to harvest and how to ensure you get a healthy return of produce from your plants. Katherine will also discuss some of the planting methods we have used here at Cambo including our new “no dig” beds, giving you a tour of our polytunnel and much more.
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Scottish Summer Garden Festival – Virtual: Gin garden tour and Cocktail demonstration – live event
July 18th, 2020 - July 18th, 2020A Facebook live event featuring Head Gardener of the Torridon Resort, Tom Stephenson, who will explore our famous Gin Garden which supplies all the garnishes and botanicals to make our own gin, Arcturus. This will be followed up with a cocktail demonstration from our talented barman, Shane, who will do a detailed masterclass on how to create some of our famous signature cocktails in the comforts of your own home!
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Scottish Summer Garden Festival – Virtual: Sun prints with Kate
July 18th, 2020 - July 18th, 2020How to make your own beautiful sun prints. Kate from the Walled Garden at Arkleton is going to show you how to prepare the paper, the best plants to use and how to expose and develop your prints. Great fun for all the family and very easy to do.
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Scottish Summer Garden Festival – Virtual: Potager tour with Shelley
July 17th, 2020 - July 17th, 2020Take a virtual tour of our Potager with Shelley one of our gardeners here at Cambo and discover the array of colours and plant varieties we have ben working with this season. The garden design is based on the Damien Hurst rainbow design and has inspired Shelley in celebration of key workers to enjoy when guidance allows. Join her for a tour of these plants with planting principles, advice on companion plants, tips and tricks of how to keep your garden looking at its best and much more.
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