Donations to Haddington Garden Trust

2025

The Trustees are extremely grateful for the £5k AEB Trust donation for garden management.

We want to thank East Lothian Council for the One Council Partnership Fund contribution and their continuing support.

Thanks are also due to Gordon Milne for his generous donation and for all visitors who have given appreciative donations.

2024

The Mushroom Trust generously donated £1400 for a beautiful sundial.

A generous donation was made by the AEB Trust for a tree to commemorate Queen Elizabeth and towards the core costs of the garden.

The Trustees are very grateful for the Stevenston Charitable Trust's multi-year commitment to garden maintenance.

A generous grant was made by The Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust for the replanting and enhancement of the Cottage Garden.

2023

The Trustees were grateful to the AEB Charitable Trust for their donation towards consultation and planning the repair works for the boundary wall project.

The Trustees acknowledge with gratitude the support of The Orcome Trust for the maintenance of the garden.

The support of The Stevenston Charitable Trust for the upkeep of the garden has been gratefully received.

2022

The Trustees acknowledge with gratitude the donation of the AEB Trust for the maintenance of the garden.

The Trustees are grateful for the donations of the family and friends of Pamela in her memory.

2021

The Trust gratefully received from the AEB Charitable Trust a grant towards the maintenance of the garden.

A welcome donation from EB Scotland Ltd enabled the repair of stonework in the garden.

2019

A generous gift from The AEB Charitable Trust toward the major costs of the maintenance of the garden to a standard appropriate to the status of Haddington as winners of nationwide competitions.

A generous grant from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust enabled the provision of an Interpretation Panel for the garden.

A grant from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust enabled the replanting of a former rose hedge, well past its best, to be replaced by a yew topiary feature. The first 17th century garden feature to be introduced to the garden since its creation in the late 1970's

The Finnnis Scott Foundation again provided a grant for important work to maintain the fabric of the garden and its continued development as a community green space.

The trust was very grateful for the generous assistance of the Finnis Scott Foundation towards the maintenance of The Pleasance. This enabled the continued management and development of the garden as a community green space within the centre of Haddington which is accessible to all. As such the garden has made an important contribution to the town's gold award in successive entries to the 'Beautiful Scotland' competition as commented on by its judges.

A donation from Haddington and District Amenity Society enabled the renewal of the raised herb sensory beds that had become a tangle of plants and weeds. The topsoil was replaced and shrubby herbs were planted accord.

An award from the Keep Scotland Beautiful Community Grant Scheme enabled the planting of thousands of snowdrops, as well as some wild tulips and cowslips to enhance the orchard meadow as a spring flowering feature. Ox Slips were later added.