Gardening Events in Edinburgh in May 2025
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Events in Edinburgh
Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Kevock Garden
This wonderful hillside garden has magnificent views over the North Esk Valley with a wide diversity of plants and has featured in many magazine articles and gardening programmes.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Shepherd House
Visit Shepherd House, a constantly evolving artist’s garden that never stands still, with lots of surprises!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Stobshiel House
The garden at Stobshiel House is effectively split into four main parts and the extensive collection of shrubs and mature trees offer a fantastic backdrop during all seasons.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Humbie Dean
Come and visit Humbie Dean, a two-acre ornamental and woodland garden sandwiched between two burns at 600 feet with interest throughout a long season!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Hunter’s Tryst
Hunter’s Tryst is a well-stocked and beautifully designed, mature, medium-sized, wildlife-friendly town garden.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: A Blackbird Sings
This long garden in a corner site of Glassel Park Estate is planted mostly by plant type with water features and an unheated conservatory contains cacti and insectivorous plants.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Longwood
Visit Longwood, an extensive, long-established country garden at 800 feet, undergoing renewal. There are ducks and hens, stream and ponds as well as areas of wild garden.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: 101 Greenbank Crescent
101 Greenbank Crescent hides a fascinating garden on a steeply sloped site, with views over Braidburn Valley Park to the Pentland hills.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Newliston
Take a walk round Newliston, a well preserved 18th-century parkland/designed landscape rather than a garden as such, full of mature rhododendrons and azaleas, fine vistas and allees of trees!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Dr Neil’s Garden
Wander round Dr Neil’s Garden, a wonderful, secluded, landscaped garden on the lower slopes of Arthur’s Seat.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Greentree
A rare opportunity to appreciate a mature garden which, with the exception of one magnificent old copper beech tree, is completely planted and created by its owner Alison Glen.
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Fireside Stories: Herbal Histories
Join artist and storyteller Amanda Edmiston for an evening of botanical storytelling inspired by the Physic Garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on 9th May!
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Musselburgh Horticultural Society Charity Plant Sale
The Musselburgh Horticultural Society's biggest ever Annual Plant Sale is taking place at St Michael's Church Hall on Saturday 10th May!
READ MOREScotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Bridgend Farmhouse Community Allotments
Discover a hidden gem in South Edinburgh, under the backdrop of Arthur's Seat, a peaceful community growing space where everyone is welcome!
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Spring Fair & Plant Sale
The Eric Liddell Community invites you to their Annual Spring Fair & Plant Sale on Saturday 10th May, it's a vibrant celebration of spring, community, and local creativity!
READ MOREScotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Belgrave Crescent Gardens
Explore the Belgrave Crescent Gardens, a haven of peace close to the city, with wild areas and magnificent views of the Dean Bridge and over the Water of Leith.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Tyninghame House and The Walled Garden
Enjoy a visit to Tyninghame House and The Walled Garden, awarded ‘Outstanding’ for every category in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Scotland!
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Introduction to Growing Your Own Food (Tuesday morning course)
Lauriston Agroecology Farm is running the very popular Introduction to Growing Your Own Food 6 week beginners course on Tuesday mornings.
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Have you ever wanted to learn to grow your own veg? Lauriston Agroecology Farm is running the very popular Introduction to Growing Your Own Food 6 week beginners course on Thursday evenings.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Regent, Royal and Carlton Terrace Gardens
The largest of Edinburgh's New Town gardens still in private ownership, it remains largely unchanged since its formation in 1830.
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Visit the amazing communal gardens for the Residents of the Moray Estate. Between them they stretch over 9 acres offering an atmosphere of tranquillity within the city centre!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Temple Village Gardens
Temple Village is one of Midlothian's most attractive and historic conservation villages and a number of village gardens will be open.
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Gardening Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of Gardening Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
Busby & Clarkston Horticultural Society Meetings
The Busby and Clarkston Horticultural Society is a gardening club for all who enjoy growing and learning about plants, why not join them for their exciting range of talks by knowledgeable speakers!
READ MOREGardening Events in Fife
Here's a selection of Gardening Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Glassmount House
Glassmount House has a densely planted walled garden with new areas of naturalistic planting blending the boundary between the surrounding fields and the woodland.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Lindores House
Enjoy a woodland walk beside the loch and stunning views from the garden of Lindores House!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Earlshall Castle
This extensive, exquisitely designed garden, perfectly complements Earlshall Castle, restored by Sir Robert Lorimer in the 1890s.
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Here's a selection of Gardening Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Glasgow Botanic Gardens Orchid Fair
Come along to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th May for the annual Orchid Fair hosted by the Scottish Orchid Society!
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Ideal Home Show Scotland
Ideal Home Show Scotland makes a welcome return to the SEC Glasgow with a wonderland of inspiration for your home and garden between the 23rd and 26th May!
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Baldernock Gardening Club Plant Sale
Baldernock Gardening Club are holding their annual Plant Sale at Baljaffray Parish Church, Bearsden on Saturday 10th May!
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Here's a selection of Gardening Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Scottish Garden Festival
Whether you're a gardening enthusiast or simply looking for a fun and enriching outing, the Scottish Garden Festival promises a memorable experience for everyone!
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Kilbryde Hospice Plant Sale
Kilbryde Hospice will host their annual plant sale on Saturday 24th May featuring variety of indoor and outdoor plants, garden items, seeds and bulbs available to buy!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Old Farm Cottage
If you are visiting the Clyde Valley on Sunday 4th May please take a short detour to visit this garden that sits on the Nemphlar Spur of the Clyde Walkway, less than two miles outside Lanark!
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Here's a selection of Gardening Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Gardens House
This new garden to Scotland's Gardens covers 10 acres and includes a Victorian arboretum, once the Houston House kitchen garden, is now a structured landscape showing impressive displays!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Highwood
Enjoy a beautiful woodland walk around 50 acres of native bluebells, primroses and wild garlic when Highwood near Kilmacolm opens it's doors as part of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme!
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: The Croft
Explore the special one acre garden of The Croft, on a steep rocky site facing north overlooking the Clyde just opposite Dumbarton Rock, as part of Scotland's Gardens!
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Here's a selection of Gardening Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Arndean
Opening for more than 40 years, Arndean has a beautiful mature garden extending to 15 acres including the woodland walk and tree house for children.
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Scotlands Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Thorntree
Thorntree is an inspiring garden to visit at any time of the year. From the garden you can see panoramic views from Aberfoyle and the hills beyond to Doune.
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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Open Garden: Gargunnock House Garden
The garden at Gargunnock House has a walled garden, well-established house garden, woodland walks with species and hybrid rhododendrons, massed plantings of azaleas and wonderful specimen trees.
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