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Dumfries garden open just one day a year, this Sunday

Dumfries garden open just one day a year, this Sunday

This highly inventive garden is open to the public for only one day a year. Your small window to view the Garden of Cosmic Speculation near Dumfries is this Sunday, 3 May from noon until 5pm. The 30-acre area was designed by Charles Jencks and his late wife Maggie Keswick Jencks. Entry to the garden is £6 with all proceeds going to Maggie’s Centres.  The centres are based on principles of

February 28, 2012 No Comments Uncategorized

Maggie's Centres: the best of places, the worst of times…

‘Who is Maggie?’ is a question asked by many visitors to Maggie’s Centres.  The leading cancer care centres started in Scotland following one woman’s experience of her own diagnosis of cancer.  In 1993, the experience of trying to find a temporary, poorly signposted clinic added to the deep distress Maggie Keswick Jencks’ felt on being told her that breast cancer had spread. Immediately after receiving the news that she had