£6.50 entry (free for carers and kids under 6) The 2.5-acre (one hectare)Victorian walled garden at Cambo Estate in Fife flowers with lilacs, rambling roses, elegant willows and naturalistic plantings that lend it a wild and romantic feel despite being carefully cultivated. Right now it is carpeted with tulips, and a visit later in summer will reward you with peonies. Cambo Burn runs through the garden – you can stop to admire it from the wrought-iron bridge – and there’s even a burbling waterfall. Within the wider estate lies a winter garden and North American style prairie with tall grasses. Recent investment means the newly reopened Cambo Garden shop is now double the size with a wide variety of cut flowers, plants and gifts for sale.
As National Gardening Week came to a close, we’re gearing up to get green-fingered again. And where better to seek inspiration than in Scotland’s gorgeous outdoor spaces? From castles with historic walled gardens to botanic idylls with their own microclimate and even contemporary sculpture parks, you might be surprised by the diversity found across the country. Whether you want to admire the rhododendrons in bloom at this time of year or you really miss the sight of palm trees, you’ll find no shortage of options to sate your inner botanist. Drummond Castle Gardens, Crieff
£10 entry (£4 kids 5-16)
Dr John Pearce, resident Wintonian, has taught Roman Archaeology at King s College London since 2004. On May 10, he will present From the Nile to the Itchen: Serapis in a Winchester water garden for the Hampshire Gardens Trust. As well as funerary practices, frontiers and inscriptions, his research interests include the images of gods, humans and animals created in Rome s provinces. A description of the event reads: The Water Close Garden in central Winchester was created in the 1950s by Sir Peter Smithers to give pleasure to everyone walking to and from the Cathedral Close. It houses the stone bust of a Romanized Egyptian god, Serapis. Presiding over the pooled waters of the Itchen, the god is an enigmatic presence, half hidden by the magnolias now dominating the garden.
As National Gardening Week comes to a close, we’re gearing up to get green-fingered again. And where better to seek inspiration than in Scotland’s gorgeous outdoor spaces? From castles with historic walled gardens to botanic idylls with their own microclimate and even contemporary sculpture parks, you might be surprised by the diversity found across the country. Whether you want to admire the rhododendrons in bloom at this time of year or you really miss the sight of palm trees, you’ll find no shortage of options to sate your inner botanist. By Natasha Radmehr
Drummond Castle Gardens, Crieff
Roku CEO Anthony Wood, Boston Properties CEO Owen Thomas and Colorado Center. (Bostom Properties, WikiMedia / Collision Conf)
Content streamer Roku has signed a long-term lease at Boston Properties’ Colorado Center in Santa Monica.
Roku inked a 10-year deal for 72,000 square feet at the Colorado Avenue office complex, Boston Properties announced. Roku now leases space at Water Garden office campus across the street.
The deal comes months after e-scooter startup Bird listed for sublease up to 72,000 square feet of space at the Colorado Center, which appears to be its entire footprint there. Bird had signed its lease in mid-2018. The company spent several million dollars upgrading and renovating its space, but laid off half of its staff there in March, and moved to remote working.