IRG - December 2012

[hadacekf]

The International Rock Gardener is a wonderful, informative E-magazine.
The post about my visit to Cluny House has pleased me particularly.
My visits to the Scottish gardens are among the most beautiful experiences in my life.
Thank  you.

[Maggi Young]

Brian W. tells me that the latest IRG  risks bamboozling readers with a use of a word that while it has various meanings in English  has a more  particular Scots meaning - I refer to the use of "policies in the opening of the  December IRG.

I confess I had no idea that this use of the word was a peculiarly Scots usage, with particular reference to property law and descriptions.

Policies  in this instance are the parklands of an estate or 'pleasure grounds' surrounding a property. 
e.g.  It hasn't been decent weather today for a walk round the policies......

See these two links for use of the word  - 
http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?task=sites&category=area&country=Scotland&option=com_parksandgardens&Itemid=292&area=Aberdeenshire&commit=Go

http://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrsgls120165

Perhaps I may tease you deliberately in the future with the use of some really obscure Scots words!

[Maggi Young]

Franz - it is a strength of the IRG that we have people with your range of experience and skill to draw on to build the magazine.