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Glendoick History Timeline

Glendoick History Timeline

Key Dates in the Glendoick Story 

1899 Alfred Cox, Dundee Jute factory owner buys Glendoick

1919 Alfred's son Euan Cox goes to Burma plant hunting with Reginald Farrer.

1929-38 Euan Cox edits New Flora and Silva magazine.

1953 Euan and Peter Cox found the Nursery at Glendoick

1962 Rhododendron ‘Chikor’ first bird hybrid named.

1973 Peter & Patricia Cox found Glendoick Garden centre

1973 Peter Cox book Dwarf Rhododendrons published.

1981 Peter Cox SBEC expedition to China, first time to China

1988 Peter and Kenneth Cox book Encylopedia of Rhododendron Hybrids published.

1994  Patricia Cox designs the Glendoick Garden centre's Pagoda garden.

1995 Kenneth Cox leads 1st of 3 expeditions to the Tsangpo Gorges region S.E. Tibet

1997 Encyclopedia of Rhododendron Species by Peter and Kenneth Cox published.

1999 Kenneth Cox marries Jane who takes on the job of agenting Kenneth's books!

2001 Jane Cox joins the company to run the expanding catering and food side of Glendoick’s business.

2001-2005  Kenneth Cox's Arunachal Pradesh Expeditions to unexplored parts of North East India.

2008 Glendoick Restaurant wins U.K. Garden Centre café of the year.

2008 Seeds of Adventure Peter Cox and Peter Hutchison, memoirs of lifetimes of plant-hunting published. Wins the Garden Media Guild 'Inspirational Book of the Year'

2009 Glendoick Garden Centre wins UK Garden Centre of the Year.

         Scotland for Gardeners by Kenneth Cox wins Garden Reference Book of the Year (Garden Media Guild)

2010 Glendoick's cafe wins  U.K. Garden Centre café of the year for the 3rd time.

2011 Major New Garden Centre extension opened in November by John Swinney MSP.

2012  Fruit and Vegetables for Scotland by Kenneth Cox & Caroline Beaton wins Practical Book of the year Garden Media Guild 2012

2112 Glendoick Garden Centre runner up UK Garden Centre of the Year (Horticulture Week Garden & Retail Awards, November 2012)

2012  December  Garden Centre new plant area canopy opened

2013  Glendoick Gardens celebrate 60 years of the Glendoick Nursery and 40 Years of Glendoick Garden Centre. Peter & Patricia Cox celebrate their Golden Wedding. Peter Cox is awarded an M.B.E.

2016, 2017 Glendoick Voted Best Scottish Garden Centre café and giftshop

2018 New Café extension opens

2019  Centerary of Euan Cox Burma Expedition.  Kenneth Cox book Woodland Gardening wins European Gardening Book of the Year.

2020  Glendoick Garden Centre founder Tricia Cox dies.

2022  Glendoick wins Scottish Rural Business of the Year.

2023 GLendoick Garden Centre celebrates 50 years

 

 

 

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