Gardening Scotland 2017 the Pallet and Planter Exhibits

They are all great but if I had to choose one I really like the 5th one down. What effort put into them all. Thank you for this blog, put smile on my face looking at them all. :-) Jen

Brilliant all of them I would award them all gold love to see kids faces when they are awarded prizes when they have tried so hard how can one pick a first .

As already said a credit to all the Schools and organisations who took part.They really look as though they have worked hard and enjoyed themselves

I wouldn't have wanted to choose a winner either, they are all so very good, thankyou for sharing S'gran....

Some great ideas there. I agree with Jen about no 5 but they do say comparisons are odious and they are all very imaginative. I like the little allotment garden too - nobody else thought of that one!

Wonderful! I have never seen anything like this at a garden show on my side. The one with the garden path and another with the teacups on top of stair spindles and.....well they remind me so much of what I have or would like to have in my garden. They are little gardens delivering big inspiration. Thank you very much for sharing this and your previous garden show blogs Scotsgran!

Thank you everyone. The great thing about this exhibition is the inspiration it gives gardeners of all ages. Considering these are each only 1m square and they are actual growing plants means no one can say 'My garden is too small to do anything with'. This display attracts gardeners of all ages. I think we have to take our hats off to the teachers, parents, grandparents and group leaders who necessarily have to give up time to bring the gardens to the show. The idea I have gleaned this year is how to make a sheep. Dolly the first cloned sheep who is probably the most famous sheep in the world, named for a favourite singer was born in 1996 so she would have been 21 this year. One group used that as their theme. I will need to show that.

How talented they all are. Must be a great day out.

A good way of getting young people into plants

Lovely blog and pics of kids gardens are amazing. I saw Beechgrove at the weekend which was at Garden Scotland and some of the new plants were little crackers. Can't wait for your next instalment.

It is a great day out without the hassle of Chelsea. If you notice the number of preschools taking part it is obvious that there is a good base for children to grow up interested in gardening and the environment. I too enjoyed the Beechgrove visit. I thought the content far outweighed anything shown on Chelsea where the interviewers seemed to be totally engrossed in hogging the cameras instead of showing the plants. Next instalment coming up Thorneyside.

I have to agree Scotsgran. They seem to be growing weeds at Chelsea! lol

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