Summer Pond On Visit To Branklyn Garden In Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Summer 4K travel video of a pond and plants on visit to Branklyn Garden by busy Dundee Road in Perth. Perthshire. The garden is the living embodiment of the legacy of Dorothy Graham Renton, recognised as one of the finest gardeners of the 20th entury. She was born at 15 Marshall Place, Perth, on 7 April 1898, the daughter of William Robertson, medical practitioner and medical officer of health, and his wife, Robina, née Conacher. She married in Edinburgh, on 11 September 1922. In 1898. She moved to Barnhill Orchard, Perth with her husband John Taylor Renton where the couple decided to build their house, Branklyn. What began then was the creation of their garden on what had been an overgrown orchard. Many of the plants were grown from seeds collected from China, Tibet and Bhutan by George Forrest, Joseph Rock and Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff, the pre-eminent plant hunters of the day. The first of three rock gardens was created in 1925. Dorothy Renton and her husband were founder members of the Alpine Garden Society in 1929. Renton was also an early proponent of peat wall planting. The gardens at Branklyn were created from the basis of function, as the layout was designed for the particular needs of the plants being grown. However, Renton was also skilled in laying out new species together in a complementary way.

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