Update on Suntrap Garden - Save Our Suntrap - Garden for Lifelong Learni...

That is really good news for you all, Scotsgran. I hope your club gets the chance to continue to enjoy it.
Just had a look at the websites and the garden looks like a special place and certainly worth holding on to.

P.S. Nice to see my old yellow Beetle put to such good use.

That Beetle makes quite a statement. Our young friend in the Home page Pic on the Gardening club website is the son of one of the GOY members.

Bother...I meant to PM you when I read the news in the paper. Great news you all must be chuffed!
I will have a look at the new website when I'm at home on the lap top. I did pass the info onto my neighbour re new members but don't know if any of her hortiicultral club were interested.
I hope you are successfully in getting new members. There is a new magazine available for the ratho area called Ratho Interchange. Covers all the local area. Perhaps you can approached them they are always looking for articles Would you like contact details?

Well done Scot. what great news.

Nice to hear some good news :o)

Thanks everybody and yes please Scottish.

That is very good news, Scotsgran. Suntrap is very well worth saving.

Thanks Bb. It was a horrible blow when the college decided to pull out. It was especially hard on those who used it as an educational facility. Hopefully, even in these hard times there will be enough support to get it back doing what it did best. It provides a tranquil setting and healing ambience that is hard to find in this world of ours for many people. I am very pleased that George Boyd Andersons forethought is still having an influence, through the research he did, to provide a comfortable home with a very low carbon footprint. He was way ahead of his time in seeing that there would come a time when we would need to harness the elements around us instead of using up the worlds resources for the benefit of a few. I hope the National Trust will back track on its dimissal of the garden and see this as an opportunity to save a home and garden for the nation. I believe the college own title to the portion on which Millbuies stands and they had hoped to realise a large amount of money from its sale but hopefully they too will realise that this is part of our heritage and should be saved.

Just been reading up on it, would have been a shame to lose it after all the late gentlemans work and his generosity, some things are worth saving for future generations to both learn from and also enjoy...

Thank you Linclass. He was a very generous benefactor. He gave money to help establish a ski slope in the Pentlands south of Edinburgh. That was in jeopardy but looks to have been saved after a vigorous campaign to save it. Our National Skiing team will have their HQ there. He also gave a wonderful country park in Morayshire to the residents for their enjoyment and he donated the Ben More Outdoor Centre where thousands of school children from cities have learned to appreciate the wide open spaces.