Gatehouse garden to open to the public to raise money for charity

Cally Biodiversity Gardens near Gatehouse will be opening under Scotland’s Garden Scheme this Sunday to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund.

It features a one-hectare walled garden containing an outstanding collection of rare and common plants from around the world assembled to create naturalistic habitat for our native fauna. Some plants can be found in no other Scottish garden whilst many are first introductions to gardens in the UK.

Cally is an example of gardening harmoniously with nature where declining birds such as the garden warbler can be seen nesting amongst Himalayan poppies and American Prairie plants. You may be fortunate enough to glimpse harvest mice in the unique grassland ecology garden. The team at Cally do not use artificial fertiliser or pesticides and this is also true of the plants grown in their sales area where a wide range of less common plants are available.

The gardens will be open from 10am to 5pm. There will be plants for sale and teas will be available. Admission is £5, children free and proceeds will go to the World Wildlife Fund- UK and Scottish Garden Scheme charities.

To get to Cally from Dumfries take the Gatehouse of Feet turning off the A75, follow the B727 and turn left through the Cally Palace Hotel gateway from where the gardens are well signposted. A regular bus service will stop at the end of Cally drive if requested.

For further information on the opening please visit www.scotlandsgardens.org