Lios Mhairi/Mairi’s Hebridean Garden 

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Lios Mhairi/Mairi’s Hebridean Garden

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Mairi Gillies plans to transform the old garden round her new home on the island of Lewis.

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Lios Mhairi/Mairi’s Hebridean Garden: Series 1: Episode 2

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Mairi starts planting veg and picks up tips from passionate and artistic local gardeners.

Mairi starts planting her veg and picks up tips from passionate and artistic local gardeners.

Se neach-ealain agus gàirnealair a th’ann a Màiri NicGilliosa.  Tha i air a bhi a’ fuireach ann a Leòdhas airson coig bliadhnaichean. Bho chionn bliadhna, ghluais I gu dachaigh ùr air an eilean, sean taigh-sgoile le gàrradh mòr timcheall air, agus tha i deiseal airson tòiseachadh air cruth-atharrachaidh a thoirt air an lios.

Tha i fiosrach agus tha tòrr bheachdan aice airson a ghàrradh, ach chaneil mòran eòlas aice air a bhi a’ cuir agus a’ fàs ann an gàrradh eileanach far a bheil an aimsir gu math eadar-eàlaichte bho àiticheaan nas fasgaich air tir-mòr.  Mar sin, tha i a’ tadhal air gàirnealairean inntinneach eile a bheir brosnachadh agus cuideachadh dhith le na tha ‘san amharc aice.
Anns an darna prògram, tha Màiri a’ cur glasraich, a’ tadhal air Ciorstaidh Dhòmhnallach a thòisich air gàrradh ann a Leòdhas bho chionn coig bliadhna fichead, agus air luchd-eàlain Margaret Uttley agus David Knight aig a bheil cruinneachadh de chraobhan bonsai anns a pholytunnel aca.

Visual artist and horticulturalist Mairi Gillies moved to the island of Lewis five years ago. A year after purchasing a new home on the island, a former school and schoolhouse, Mairi is ready to develop her garden - a large space in need of some TLC.

Although Mairi is an experienced grower, gardening on a Hebridean island with its unique weather is a new challenge for her. We follow her through the growing season as as she seeks advice and inspiration from other passionate gardeners and creates a unique growing space on a limited budget while keeping her carbon footprint as low as possible. 
 
Mairi is ready to start planting her veg, she meets biodynamic gardener Kirsty Macdonald, who started an island garden from scratch 25 years ago, and artists Margaret Uttley and David Knight whose polytunnel houses their beloved bonsai collection.

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