{"id":57286,"date":"2017-06-08T19:55:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/blue-poppies-shine-at-gardening-scotland\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T19:59:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:59:07","slug":"blue-poppies-shine-at-gardening-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/blue-poppies-shine-at-gardening-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue poppies shine at Gardening Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFrom 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. It also marks one of the most main events in the Scottish horticultural calendar: Gardening Scotland. Each year the Royal Highland Centre, just next to Edinburgh Airport, becomes the epicentre for Scottish gardening. I decided to bring along a manically destructive toddler with an interest in touching sharp or unstable objects. If I was going to attend a gardening show, I thought, why not add an element of danger? 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\/2017\/jun\/08\/blue-poppies-shine-at-gardening-scotland\" target=\"_blank\">Blue poppies shine at Gardening Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; From prehistoric plants to a murder mystery garden, Tom Smart picks out the highlights at&#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-57286","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-eTY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17934,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-scotland-a-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":57286,"position":0},"title":"Gardening Scotland: a review","date":"June 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Tom Smart takes stock of the offerings at one of the summer\u2019s many garden shows. 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