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Gardening Stories: Little Sparta gardens in Scotland

In the middle of the Scottish hills, far from the museums and polite drawing rooms of Edinburgh, ...

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11.20 5 Nov 2025


Gardening Stories: Little Sparta gardens in Scotland


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11.20 5 Nov 2025


In the middle of the Scottish hills, far from the museums and polite drawing rooms of Edinburgh, there’s a garden unlike any other on earth. It’s called Little Sparta, and it was created by one man. Ian Hamilton Finlay who turned a bleak stretch of moorland into a living battlefield of art and ideas. 

Diarmuid Gavin tell us more about LIttle Sparta.


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