{"id":17934,"date":"2016-06-28T20:23:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-scotland-a-review\/"},"modified":"2016-06-28T20:56:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:56:01","slug":"gardening-scotland-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-scotland-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening Scotland: a review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nTom Smart takes stock of the offerings at one of the summer\u2019s many garden shows. But will the weather play ball?I looked up at the sky, slightly baffled by its deep blue colour. And wouldn\u2019t you know it, the sun was even shining. I was attending Gardening Scotland, and if there\u2019s one thing you can be assured of this far north, it\u2019s that usually the weather does not cooperate. I\u2019d expected horizontal rain. Today however luck was on my side; it was a beautiful day.Gardening Scotland is billed as the largest horticultural show north of the border. The annual event is held at The Royal Highland Centre which is, ironically, just outside of Edinburgh. On the day I attended, cheering my good fortune and the golden sunshine, I was excited to see what Scotland had to offer. I knew it\u2019d be a more local, laid back affair. I didn\u2019t expect to see too many Panama hats or stiletto heels. I was wearing jeans. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/gardening-blog\/2016\/jun\/28\/gardening-scotland-a-review\" target=\"_blank\">Gardening Scotland: a review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Tom Smart takes stock of the offerings at one of the summer\u2019s many garden shows.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-4Fg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57286,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/blue-poppies-shine-at-gardening-scotland\/","url_meta":{"origin":17934,"position":0},"title":"Blue poppies shine at Gardening Scotland","date":"June 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r From prehistoric plants to a murder mystery garden, Tom Smart picks out the highlights at Gardening ScotlandThe beginning of June is an important time for Scottish gardeners \u2013 the risk of frost has passed, early salads are ready for harvest, and flowers fill the borders. 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