Open Gardens in Glasgow.

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The City of Glasgow, the name in Gaelic is “Glaschu” and means either Green Hollows or more popular the Dear Green Place. There are many parks in and around the City with the Botanic Gardens in the West End always worth a visit, Rouken Glen on the outskirts of the South Side of the city and in my own backyard Tollcross Park in the East End of the City where the Commonwealth Games are to be held. If by any chance you are planning to come to the games take some time out to visit Tollcross Park and see it’s award winning rose garden. Not for nothing is the City known as the Dear Green Place. Despite it’s somewhat colourful reputation the City has some of the best architecture in Britain and believe it or not, more trees than Paris as well as beautiful public parks and is only a stones throw from Loch Lomond. The National Trust for Scotland’s Springbank Garden on the southern outskirts of the City is a place of calm as well as beauty. There are also many Country Parks around Glasgow all of which have different kinds of gardens, some formal, some natural but all offer in their different ways a delight for the keen gardner. Don’t be put off by the comediac view of a violent “No Mean City”. As in all Cities there are areas where it would not be wise to visit but if you are a keen gardner Glasgow should be on your itinery, And no, I do not work for the Tourist Board or the City Council!

• 27 Jan, 2011
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