Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush

Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush is a book of short stories by Ian Maclaren published in 1894.

A kailyard or kailyaird (kale) is comparable to a cabbage patch and refers to a kitchen garden as might be found adjacent to a cottage.

The stories in the book recount some of MacLaren's experiences as a Free Church minister in rural Perthshire and blends humour and pathos with racy Scots dialogue.

In the U.S., Clifton Johnson illustrated an edition of the book as well as MacLaren's The Days of Auld Lang Syne.

In 1921, Donald Crisp directed The Bonnie Brier Bush, a movie adaptation of the book set in Scotland.