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Scottish Summer Garden Festival going virtual to take people on video tours of beautiful gardens across the country

Fyvie Castle gardener, Stuart Stockley will be taking people on a fascinating tour round the Walled Garden of Scottish Fruit.
Fyvie Castle gardener, Stuart Stockley will be taking people on a fascinating tour round the Walled Garden of Scottish Fruit.

The Scottish Summer Garden Festival is going ahead as a virtual event as restricted travel continues amid lockdown.

But organisers have pledged to use digital technology to take people on virtual tours of beautiful gardens across the country on the internet instead.

The event will run until Saturday, August 15.

Discover Scotland’s Gardens chairwoman Catherine Erskine wanted to ensure garden lovers don’t miss out on the glory of the season in full bloom.

She said: “This was to be our first Summer Garden Festival, celebrating the exuberance of Scotland’s gardens in full bloom.

“We want people to enjoy the wonders of Scottish gardens from the comfort of their own homes.

“The festival is about anything and everything that happens in gardens, not just the practical or aesthetic elements, and this way all that is fully accessible.”

Dozens of gardens across the country will be taking part including the Fyvie Castle gardens in Aberdeenshire.

During the festival the Walled Gardens at Gordon Castle in Fochabers mark their birthday of the gardens being restored on July 4 following a reimagining by renowned landscape designer Arne Maynard.

On 15 and 16 August owner Zara Gordon-Lennox will be broadcasting from the cutting beds where flowers sold in the estate shop are grown.

A full list of events in the Scottish Summer Garden Festival are available by visiting

discoverscottishgardens.org/summer

garden festival.