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Torry is Aberdeen's traditional fishing community on the south bank of the River Dee, separated from the city centre by the harbour mouth and linked by Victoria Bridge. The former fishing village of Fittie (Footdee) at the harbour entrance carries cottage gardens squeezed between the dock walls, while Torry proper rises on the hill above with granite tenements and inter-war housing. Duthie Park — one of Aberdeen's most popular parks — lies to the west along the Dee, providing lime trees, formal rose gardens and the David Welch Winter Gardens. The River Dee at Torry carries willow, alder and the riverside meadow strip through to the Deeside Walkway.

The lime avenues of the West End and Union Terrace Gardens provide a classic early-summer urban flow; sycamore is ubiquitous on the granite street margins and parks from late April. Victoria Park, Duthie Park and Seaton Park carry white clover and ornamental nectar through June and July. The River Dee corridor between Cults and Peterculter runs through mixed broadleaf woodland, hawthorn and wild cherry, extending the spring flow. Rosebay willowherb and bramble are abundant on the post-industrial margins and railway cuttings, giving a mid-summer nectar boost. The Don valley through Woodside and Bridge of Don adds alder, willow and meadowsweet on the water margins. Ivy on the granite walls of the older suburbs sustains the season into October.