Initiative to celebrate garden

A CALL has been made to celebrate the “inspiration” behind a Tayside garden that has influenced two generations of thinkers.

Dundee University Botanic Garden turns 50 in 2021 and has cheered hundreds of thousands of visitors since its inception as a home for more than 5,500 indigenous plants and species from every continent.

An opportunity has emerged for writers, artists and photographers to tell the world about their relationship with the Riverside Drive garden.

The Friends of Dundee University Botanic Gardens are reaching out to locals interested in an anthology, scheduled to appear in spring 2019.

Mark McGilchrist, chairman of the Friends, said: “Gardens have provided inspiration for writers and artists down the centuries.

“So, how better to celebrate all that Dundee’s very own treasure of a garden has to offer?”

Visit fudbg-anthology. blogspot.co.uk to find out more about the project.

Angus McGregor, from the Kirkton area of the city, was with friends at Lochee Park when he tried to jump over a fence.

Unfortunately for the 14-year-old, his arm got stuck in the fence leaving it broken and looking “like a banana”.

He today told the Tele that he would have had to walk to Ninewells Hospital with the injured limb if it wasn’t for a Good Samaritan in the car park who drove him there.

He said: “My arm was shaped like a banana — I was in shock so I didn’t even feel it. I had just tried to jump over the fence beside the play area and my arm had gotten stuck.

“I looked down and it was all wonky and bent out of shape.

“I just thought I needed to go to the hospital and get this seen to.

“The woman was in her car and I asked her if she could help me.

“If it wasn’t for her, t hen I would have had a long walk to the hospital.”

After arriving at Ninewells following the incident on Saturday, Angus was x-rayed and found to have suffered substantial damage to his ligaments, along with the break in his bone.

He was then put under the knife to correct his bone alignment. He is now recovering at home.

He added: “It would be great if I was able to thank her for what she did.

“She could have just left me to walk to the hospital but she didn’t.”

Angus’s mum Marsha, 42, has called on t he woman to come forward so that she can thank her personally.

A DUNDEE boy who broke his arm after falling at a park has made a plea to the woman who helped him to come forward.