Scottish gardeners praised for colourful station transformation

A group of green-fingered amateurs in Scotland have been praised for the
transformation of a local train station.

Representing one of the most ambitious projects carried out as part of
ScotRail's 'Adopt a Station' scheme to date, the East Ayrshire Gardening
Club has brightened up Kilmarnock Station with hundreds of plants and
flowers.

As such, visitors into the Scottish town will now be greeted with 21
half-barrel planters filled with a variety of species, with plans in
place to ensure that the platforms remain colourful on a year-round
basis.

Welcoming the development, local MSP Willie Coffey told the Kilmarnock
Standard: "I am delighted with the colourful results of the club's
'adoption' of Kilmarnock Station.

"The station is set for an even brighter future with the new half-hourly
train service to Glasgow starting this December," he added, suggesting
that thousands more people are due to enjoy the floral displays over the
coming months.

At the same time, however, the National Trust for Scotland has warned
that growing numbers of country estates, including their once-stunning
gardens, are slowly becoming "derelict".

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