New Hopetoun Gardens Orangery Tearoom

It is good for buying plants and it's nice to sit outside and have lunch, Hopetoun is a very old historic place the owners are extremely wealthy, they owned the land when there wasn't any oil and there's tips of burnt shale all around where I stay, but of course not never the ancient house where they stay, most of the ground is private but bus loads of tourists come and anteek shows are held in part of the house, their Ritch friends come and do some shooting pheasants. Then there's the Bins house where Tam deyel the famous labour MP lived hes dead now but in about the 1600s hls great great great great grandfather was known as bloody Tam he rounded up the coventanters, that is all I am saying, if you want to know more I am sure you can pick up books about it all, what am I saying you know more than me.

My flat is very bare of anything plantlike so I wanted to get a couple of plants - I was really pleased that there were a lot of plants in very small pots and between £2+ and £3+ which meant i could get half a dozen- which are looking fantastic along my mantlepiece. Staff very friendly and helpful. Some things are surprisingly expensive, like potting compost, while others pleasantly 'cheap' like a pack of pots (for when my plants grow) - actually, only a couple of weeks are they are growing and two repotted. Big car park and dog friendly. Didn't try out the cafe on this trip.