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Kirriemuir — known as the Gateway to the Glens — is a compact Angus market town at the foot of Glen Clova and the Braes of Angus, birthplace of J. M. Barrie and a centre for walking into the upland glens. The town looks north across the Vale of Strathmore to the Grampian foothills, and the surrounding farmland carries oilseed rape, hawthorn hedgerows and estate parkland. To the north, the Angus Glens — Clova, Prosen and Isla — carry heather moorland from late July into September, accessible to beekeepers wishing to move colonies to the hill for the heather crop.

Oilseed rape is the defining Angus spring flow: the wide floor of Strathmore carries dense April–May sowings from Forfar eastward to Carnoustie, filling supers quickly on settled days. Hawthorn, wild cherry and sycamore follow on the hedgerow field margins and estate woodlands of the inland vale. White clover is abundant on the improved coastal grasslands and golf course turf between Monifieth, Carnoustie and Arbroath through June and July. The coastal clifftops carry bird's-foot trefoil, thrift and wild thyme. On the higher ground of the Angus Glens — above Kirriemuir, Edzell and Brechin — heather starts in late July and carries through to mid-September, offering a productive moor crop for those who move colonies to the hill.