by Genscu | Oct 27, 2025 | Bloggings
Scotland’s Forgotten Glasshouse Empire In the quiet valley of the Caddon Water, west of Galashiels, once stood one of the most ambitious experiments in nineteenth-century horticulture. Long before the word viticulture became fashionable in Britain, a Borders gardener... 
by Genscu | Jun 30, 2025 | Bloggings
Peel Hospital began life as a hasty wartime measure – on land gifted by Lord Craigmyle in 1939, his Peel country house and grounds were handed over to Britain’s Emergency Medical Service for use as a military hospital. The handsome Scottish Baronial mansion (designed...