THE CONTRIBUTION OF JAMES RUSSELL (1920-96) TO ACHAMORE GARDENS, ISLE OF GIGHA, SCOTLAND

Achamore Gardens lie on the island of Gigha, six-and-a-half kilometres off the west coast of the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland. Gigha is nine-and-a-half kilometres long and two-and-a-half kilometres at widest, and the gardens are situated to the south of the island and comprise approximately fifty acres...

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Published in:Garden history 2018-12, Vol.46 (2), p.226-233
Main Author: HAUGH, HELEN M.
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Language:English
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Summary:Achamore Gardens lie on the island of Gigha, six-and-a-half kilometres off the west coast of the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland. Gigha is nine-and-a-half kilometres long and two-and-a-half kilometres at widest, and the gardens are situated to the south of the island and comprise approximately fifty acres of formal and wooded landscape. The formal gardens are divided into more than fifty named garden areas and are renowned for the extensive collection of rhododendrons amassed by Col. James Horlick between 1944 and 1972. The design of the gardens has been attributed to Kitty Lloyd-Jones, but previously unexplored original documents held by the Achamore Gardens Trust and the Borthwick Institute for Archives, York, shed a light on the contribution to the gardens of the twentieth-century horticulturist James Russell.
ISSN:0307-1243