When we were in Scotland over the summer we visited Inverness and happened upon the Floral Hall just by the leisure centre. We were told by a grump not to bother as it wasn't worth the £2.30 entrance fee. But we stumped up the cash and were surprised, to say the least.
There were extremely well tendered borders and the biggest surprise was the glass house that housed a dry garden with many cacti and desert type succulents along with another of tropical plants.
The Ligularia veitchianas were thriving in the mixed borders
along with Heucheras
The tropical glass house
The succulent glass house, with the ground excavated so there is only about 3m of glass structure above ground with tonnes of local stone to finish
The most amazing thing is that I should imagine Inverness gets a lot colder than it ever does down here in Kent, but the plant are thriving so they must have got the temperature and humidity within the glass houses adjusted perfectly.
£2.30 a bargain, there is being 'canny' and then there is just plain 'tight'.
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All except me, just the way I like it!
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