Cawdor Castle (above) and Armadale Castle (below). I won't describe these like a travelogue or guidebook. You'll just have to go and see for yourself. Photos don't do them justice anyway.
Looking at these photos, I am reminded that the beauty of these gardens is that they celebrate Scotland's climate. I am sure that after a long and dreary winter, people are eager for plant growth and color. Fortunately the climate allows for this. The lesson, I think, for me in Albuquerque, is not to try to duplicate these gardens (as much as I would like to), but to find that celebration of locale in my own space. It's not likely that it will look like these gardens, and in fact, should not. My task then, is to observe carefully, to garden with awareness, and to discover that kernel of truth in the process that is the making of a garden.
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