18 June 2023

Starts: 14:00
Ends: 17:00

Munlochy IV8 8NZ               

Sunday 18 June 2023    2.00 - 5.00 

J J Gladwin   01463 811304     office@blackislegardendesign.com

There are two distinct areas to the garden - the three acre ornamental gardens that surround the house, linked by hedges and repeated shapes with key plants seeping from one area to another to visually connect them, and a five acre organic vegetable garden.

The ornamental garden is a mix of formal shapes and loose planting. There are pleached lime hedges, lime lollipop pompoms, cloud pruning, box buttons, box cubes, pyrus mushrooms, beech and holly hedges, and then through and amongst and around are swathes of herbaceous perennials and grasses.

In the vegetable garden, there is a large Keder greenhouse and agroecological methods including no-dig systems are used, along with agroforestry planting techniques and a forest garden.  The main production area is laid out using permaculture design in the shape of the Celtic Triskele symbol.  This represents the ethos of striving to create a balance of wildlife, productivity and beauty.  New areas are developed each winter into an ever more cohesive whole.

Champion Trees: Yew and sweet chestnut.

Directions: From Inverness head four miles north on the A9, and follow the directions for Black Isle Brewery.  Park up at the Brewery and walk down to the garden.  Directions will be given in the shop.

Other details: Baking stall. Homemade teas £6.50. Groups by arrangement, minimum of 10 people.

Charities: Charity to be confirmed 60%.

Admission: £6.00, children free

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18 June 2023

Saturday 17 to Sunday 25 June  11.00 - 4.00   East Church

Chelsea may be over but, don’t worry, Cromarty will have plenty of horticultural and artistic colour on show with a cornucopia of flowers, botanic art and open gardens to enjoy starting  from Saturday 17th June.

Do take time out to visit this year’s Art and Flowers display being held in Cromarty’s East Church from Saturday 17th June for eight days. It is always an outstanding event enhanced by the atmospheric setting of the historic old church.

‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ is the theme of the floral displays created by local flower arrangers and co-ordinated by Evelyn Wilson. Well over 2000 blooms will be used to assemble the floral works of art with a team of arrangers and helpers working together to achieve the designs.

Alongside these elegant flower displays detailed Botanic and Wildlife artworks will be exhibited, the work of up to fifteen pupils studying with local Botanic artist, Julie Price. Each work can take hours of concentration in order to achieve the intricate detail of the flora and fauna being painted and the results are beautiful to observe.

The Art and Flowers display is open daily from 11am to 4pm from Sunday 17th to Sunday 25th June 2023. Admission is by donation with an amount of £1 per person suggested. All monies raised are part of the Open Gardens/Art & Flowers fundraising event and will be distributed to local charities and organisations, including towards the upkeep of East Church. The art element of this will be dedicated to the memory of the late Campbell McCracken who had been attending the classes for 9 years. He was a talented and prolific painter who produced some beautiful and delicate work. Many of his paintings will be in the church in a special display dedicated to him.