While at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow we stumbled across a hidden gem thanks to a small note in a tourist map.  This was the rose garden in Tollcross Park https://glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3743.

We were lucky to wander up on a quiet day and find the gardener undertaking the ongoing task of dead heading (over 4,000 plants make for a lot of dead heads).  He was kind enough to take a break and explain the history of the garden and the international trials conducted there.

Our attempted panoramic photograph doesn’t really do it justice, but if you’re ever up that way, drop in and wander round – it is truly spectacular.

Tollcross Park