About 30 members from the Northern region attended the lecture by Richard Baines, Curator of Logan Botanic Garden, organised by the Alpine Garden Society on Saturday. Logan which is situated just across the North Channel on the Mull of Galloway is one of the four gardens which go to make up the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh and it specialises in growing render Rhododendrons and Southern Hemisphere plants especially those from Australasia and Chile. I high proportion of its plants are wild collection which is a key factor should reintroduction be required.
Text and photographs courtesy of Maeve Bell, Chairperson of the Norther Regions of the IGPS.
