Sunshine & snowdrops at Kilgraston
“Rain, rain, go away” says the popular nursery rhyme.
Thankfully Mother Nature obliged and, after Storms Ciara and Dennis on the previous, consecutive, weekends, Kilgraston School’s snowdrops were looking bloomin’ lovely in uninterrupted sunshine.
Every year, as part of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme, Kilgraston opens its grounds to the public, allowing visitors to enjoy the magnificent carpets of these little harbingers of spring.
The School’s impressive Central Hall was host to a scrummy afternoon tea and all to the backdrop of talented pupil harpists, Libby & Alyth.
While guests enjoyed the sweeping snowdrops and admired the towering woodlands within the School’s grounds, red squirrels went about their daily duties, in between statues by renowned architect Hew Lorimer.
Thank you Mother Nature, on all fronts!
Missed it this year? Dates are posted here. We look forward to welcoming you in Spring 2021, if not before.
To coincide with the arrival of the snowdrops, Lower Sixth pupil, Anna H, wrote this beautiful poem…
Galanthus Nivalis
Anna H
February 3rd 2020
February blew in over-night: a
biting wind wrapped in overcast robes.
Heralding its arrival with
their own quiet, white trumpeting,
the snowdrops defy the frost.
They shove their heads up
and out of the
sodden, bleached leaves that
the trees cried in October.
Phoenix flowers - born again to eternal life.
They will come again in glory
each winter-tide.
A milky army, their ranks swell
on the riverbank, their white helmets catch
the weak winter sunlight and simulate snow.
I can’t help but join their rally-
two months till spring.
Snowdrops looked particularly beautiful in Kilgraston’s bright Spring sunshine while, indoors, a warm welcome also awaited guests…
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