Students rescue George Gray's historic orchard
29 April 2009
Students rescue George Gray's historic orchard
Horticulture and landscaping students from Oatridge College in West Lothian have helped rescue the historic orchard beloved by the late George Gray, one of the pioneers of modern farming techniques in Scotland.
The College answered a call for help from the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, which supervised a massive operation to prune more than 100 trees on the Smeaton Estate near East Linton in East Lothian.
The Estate was created by the Hepburn family almost 500 years ago and was owned by the prominent farmer and arboriculturist George Gray since 1934 until his death after a long illness, aged 88, last year. His widow Anne still lives at Smeaton.