Rooted in Scottish tradition since 1676

Plant fellowship. Cultivate harmony.

The International Confederation of the Ancient Free Gardeners of Scotland 1676 | 2024™ preserves a centuries-old fraternal gardening tradition through fellowship, heritage, education, service, and the living symbolism of the garden.

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1676Earliest surviving Scottish lodge record

2024Modern Confederation restoration

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01 / Our roots

Rooted in History

From the surviving Haddington record of 1676 to the modern restoration, we preserve the history without turning it into a museum piece.

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02 / The work

Work with Purpose

The tools of the gardener remind us that growth requires patience, cultivation, discipline, and care—for the ground and for one another.

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03 / Together

Fellowship in Action

Our public work emphasizes fraternal friendship, education, charity, mutual respect, and peaceful relations across borders.

Meet our lodges

The garden as a living tradition

Brighter roots. Living heritage.

Free Gardening grew from practical horticulture, mutual aid, fellowship, and symbolic instruction. Our public presentation reflects that spirit: open, welcoming, botanical, historic, and dignified.

Seal of the Rispettabile Loggia La Ginestra No. 8, Valley of Italy

Announcement · 2 October 2026

A new lodge blooms in Italy

The International Confederation of the Ancient Free Gardeners of Scotland 1676 | 2024™ is pleased to announce the opening of its newest lodge: the Rispettabile Loggia La Ginestra No. 8 — Lodge of Free Gardeners No. 8, “La ginestra” (Spartium junceum) — constituted in the Valley of Italy by Warrant of Constitution and Erection granted on 2 October 2026.

The lodge takes its name from the ginestra, the golden broom that flowers across the Italian hillsides, and works under the motto Amore · Saggezza · Armonia · Verità — Love, Wisdom, Harmony, Truth.

We welcome our Italian brethren to the garden, and wish the new lodge every success in its work.

Present-day Confederation

Our active garden

Public lodge information is limited to names, locations, and constitutional status. Member rosters and private internal records are not published.

Mother Lodge

Wild Mandrakes of Montana Lodge No. 1

United States • Montana

Warranted

Ancient Fleur de Lys Lodge No. 3

United States • Florida

Warranted

Cantuta Lodge No. 4

Bolivia

Warranted

Pomegranate Lodge No. 7

United States • Texas

Warranted

La Ginestra Lodge No. 8

Italy • Valley of Italy

Dispensation

Rose of Jericho Lodge

United States • Virginia

Dispensation

Baobab Lodge

Kenya

Continuity

A tradition preserved, not frozen.

The Confederation exists as a modern restoration of the historic Scottish Free Gardener tradition. Its public mission is to preserve identity, archives, custom, education, fellowship, and lawful organizational continuity while respecting the independence of other Free Gardener bodies.

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Peaceful relations

Different paths do not require hostility.

Some lodges and jurisdictions that once worked within or alongside the Confederation have chosen to continue independently. We respect their decision to follow their own route. They do not presently operate under, or hold recognition from, this Confederation.

Our public standardHistorical facts are preserved for continuity. Disputes, private correspondence, and personal accusations are not part of this website.

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