Rousay Summer Garden Day
Three remote island gardens open on Rousay for one July day, including a community school garden planted over 20 years by students, set in Orkney's extraordinary prehistoric landscape.
Rousay repays every minute: a short ferry crossing delivers one of Britain's densest concentrations of prehistoric monuments, a serviceable pub, and a rugged island circuit that most visitors will have almost entirely to themselves.
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