Station gardeners looking for volunteers [Daily Record]





Date: 02/10/2020

DARG days have come to Dumfries Station.

A newly-formed team of volunteers have taken up the gauntlet, left by the former South West Railway Adopters Gardening Group, and are beautifying the busy train station on the Nith Valley Line.

The team are looking for new volunteers to join them to help bring the garden back to life after lockdown, under the auspices of the Adopt-A-Station scheme operated by Scotrail.


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Station gardeners looking for volunteers

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The new group has been busy bringing the station garden back to life after lockdown

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Trompe l'oeil paintings at Dumfries station on 24 October 2014 see image [[10436]].
Location: Dumfries
Company: Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
24/10/2014 John Yellowlees
Volunteers at Dumfries station in July standing alongside some of the striking floral displays that now adorn the platforms.
Location: Dumfries
Company: Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
/07/2013 ScotRail


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