A Voice Above the Linn by Robbie Lawrence
A poignant photographic tribute to a botanical master and friend.
In 2016, the photographer Robbie Lawrence travelled to a remote stretch of the west coast of Scotland. His destination was Linn Botanic Gardens, at the head of Cove Bay, on the Rosneath Peninsula. Established in 1971 by passionate botanist and gardener Jim Taggart, and with its own microclimate warmed by the Gulf Stream, Linn is home to almost 4,000 botanic species, many of which are endangered in the wild.
The biodiversity of the gardens has taken on an almost mythical status; the estate is covered in ferns, bamboo, magnolias and rhododendrons; there is a waterfall at its peak and exotic shrubs at its cliffside – it is a magical paradise.