Spring sunshine is encouraging more people to visit our Edinburgh Distillery Garden and to book on distillery tours but Erika and her team have been very busy as Spring begins to make it's presence felt in the Garden. This will be a full year of our Distillery Garden blogs.
The buds are full to bursting on the pear trees in the glasshouse and the garden this month. The bumblebees and honeybees are being woken by the sunshine and are grateful for the flowering daffodils, lungwort, rosemary and apricot blossom. We are preparing for a colourful season ahead by sowing hardy annuals and perennials. Sweet peas, violas, hollyhocks and hyssop are all germinating on the hot beds in the polytunnel.
It's about time to finish the winter pruning of apple and pear trees and climbers. This month we will move on to pruning the fig trees in the glasshouse and the buddleja and rose shrubs in the garden. Pruning may feel harsh, but it encourages flowers and fruit. And the early blossom of the stonefruit trees in the Glasshouse helps us get a start on the 2025 award winning contemporary London Dry Summer Gin. The blossom from the pear and apple trees will add to the bounty through April and May.
It’s also a good time of year to create plant supports. We use willow and hazel from the Garden to support vigorous perennials such as musk mallow and cardoon.
We are seeing more and more visitors as the sunny days tempt people into the Garden and Cafe. Its a wonderful time of year 🤗 🐝 🐇 🌞.
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