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    Sep 24, 2021 4 minutes

    Bill Orr lives near Crossford, just a short distance from Glasgow. Despite being located next to some of Scotland's largest towns, the area is a green oasis in an industrial landscape. The family's plant nursery is situated in the middle of superb countryside, just a stone's throw from historic Craignethan castle.

    Bill was brought up in the Clyde Valley area, and has lived there all his life, as he explained. "My family lived at Waygateshaw Farm, just across the valley in Carluke. It was originally rented, but my parents managed to buy the 120-acre property in the 1950s. In addition, they rented another 40 acres."

    Farming roots

    "They kept a dairy herd for many years, before reverting to beef cattle,

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