Road Trips Gardeners no doubt know that some of the greatest painters in history were inspired by their gardens. Having a garden close to one’s home or studio is not only convenient for daily material …

Thinking about trip I made to Scotland a few years ago.
Wandering the downtown streets turned up multitudes of flowers in window boxes and planters.
Today’s photos are a small sampling from that trip in September 2013.
(Photos …

The 30th annual Flower and Food Festival will run from August 31, 2018, to September 2, 2018, in Camperdown Country Park, Dundee, Scotland.
Road Trips Gardeners will be especially interested in the presentations by gardening experts …

Each year the Snowdrop Festival gathers together some of the best gardens and woodlands in Scotland where you can see swathes of snowdrops. There are 300 varieties of Galanthus – to give the snowdrop its …

The annual Spring Flower Showsponsored by the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society will be held March 29 and 30, 2014, in the Fletcher Building of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, Scotland. Hours both …

The history of photography is closely bound up with the study of botany; many of the early pioneers of photography such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins used botanical subjects for their photographs …

Road Trips Gardeners may think that the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is its only location in Scotland. Nope. It’s just first among four, all in the southern part of Scotland.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, …

Public plantings are routine in European cities.
This colorful, tiered, floral display brightened downtown Dalry, Scotland, in late September.
(Photo ©2013 by Susan McKee)

The florist in Grand Central Station in Glasgow, Scotland, has dozens of brilliantly colored blooms for sale.
These bouquets of pink, red, yellow and white roses plus carnations, Oriental lilies and more awaited arriving (or departing) …

From its origins in southern North America, Central America and South America, this hardy field flower has spread worldwide.
These colorful blooms were growing wild along a sidewalk near downtown Steveston, Scotland, in late September.
According to …