Mr Olkier helped Sir Thomas Tait maintain beautiful gardens. Later Mr and Mrs Olkier had their own commercial greenhouse operations at their own home opposite the avenue to Links crest on the road to St Stephen. It is uncanny how much Mr. Olkier's grandson Robbie, looks like him. He also exhibits the same green thumb gene. I remember Mrs. Olkier as speaking Danish, and very little English. Bill Clarke, my grandfather once took me to Olkier's to get bedding plants, although he had many of his own. He reminded me that although St Andrews people often came to Covenhoven expecting to be given bedding plants for free, he felt it very important to support the Olkier's business and was happy to get plants there. Although I have a Rock Garden Book gifted to my grandfather, and he admired the Linkcrest rock garden, there were no rock gardens at Covenhoven. Field rocks stayed in the rock walls of the fields, in the road gate planters and the building foundations. The beauty of the Linkcrest Gardens captured in these digitized films evoke memories of fragrant flowers and warm soils carried on the summer breezes.
Mr Olkier helped Sir Thomas Tait maintain beautiful gardens. Later Mr and Mrs Olkier had their own commercial greenhouse operations at their own home opposite the avenue to Links crest on the road to St Stephen. It is uncanny how much Mr. Olkier's grandson Robbie, looks like him. He also exhibits the same green thumb gene. I remember Mrs. Olkier as speaking Danish, and very little English. Bill Clarke, my grandfather once took me to Olkier's to get bedding plants, although he had many of his own. He reminded me that although St Andrews people often came to Covenhoven expecting to be given bedding plants for free, he felt it very important to support the Olkier's business and was happy to get plants there. Although I have a Rock Garden Book gifted to my grandfather, and he admired the Linkcrest rock garden, there were no rock gardens at Covenhoven. Field rocks stayed in the rock walls of the fields, in the road gate planters and the building foundations. The beauty of the Linkcrest Gardens captured in these digitized films evoke memories of fragrant flowers and warm soils carried on the summer breezes.