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22.04.2022 - 11:11 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Scotland’s Gardens scheme gets back in bloom for the summer across Dumfriesshire from this weekend.
It offers the chance to get outdoors and enjoy someone else’s hard work in their gardens which open for charity on one day of the year.
Robin and Margaret Thomson are the first to open their gates to the public under the fundraiser which helps a number of charities including the Maggie’s Centres, founded by Dumfries’ Maggie Jencks, plus worthy local causes decided upon by the owners.
The Old Mill is in the village of Keir Mill, a mile from Penpont on the Auldgirth road, and is a maturing garden full of shrubs and flowering azaleas for the spring season. It also has beautiful herbaceous borders, a naturalised pond and a riverside boundary.
It’s open on Sunday (April 24) from 2pm to 5pm and admission is £5 adults and accompanied children free with some of the proceeds going to SG beneficiaries and Penpont, Keir and Tynron Church.
There will be homemade teas on sale with parking available at the village hall. It has partial wheelchair access and dogs on leads will be welcomed.
The opening follows the hugely successful day at Craig near Langholm in February when the public turned out to see the amazing snowdrops developed by the Ewart Family for more than 30 years.
Visitors flocked to see the large drifts of snowdrops and helped raise funds for the Kirkandrews Kirk Trust.
Sarah Landale, Dumfries district organiser, said the popular fundraising enterprise, supported by the Dumfries and Galloway Standard, looks set to offer an “exciting” summer ahead with enthusiasts happy to again be able to visit the gardens.
She said: “This year’s event offers a mix of garden styles across Dumfriesshire and all credit to the owners who are working
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