Special tour of gardens

Scone Palace staff are inviting members of the public to join them on a guided tour of their extensive gardens.

The palace will host an evening garden tour at 7pm on Wednesday, August 16 with their head gardener, Brian Cunningham, who will take the tour round 100 acres of the grounds, including the Victorian pinetum, the star maze, the walled garden restoration project and the palace’s kitchen garden.

The evening tour will also include canapes and Prosecco in the private garden at the front of the palace before the tour begins.

Tickets for the evening garden tour at £20 and can be bought from the palace or online at https://www. scone-palaceshop.co.uk/ pages/tickets.