RHS Dunrobin Castle Garden
In 1850 the second Duke of Sutherland had Sir Charles Barry extend his Highland Castle into a French-style chateau; Barry then turned his attention to the garden. He designed a smaller version of the vast Italianate garden he had recently completed for the Duke’s Staffordshire Estate at Trentham. At its height, the head gardener’s domain comprised two walled gardens including fruit and vegetables and flower borders inside and out; back-up nursery gardens and greenhouses; and beyond, extensive parkland with walks and coastal views.
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Sutherland
KW10 6SF
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Although much of this has now reverted to woodland, the surviving East Walled Garden with its three parterres each surrounding a pool and fountain provides a perfect layout to view from the castle and terrace and a fitting foreground to the panoramic view across the Moray Firth to the distant Cairngorm Mountains. In recent years, overgrown topiary features have been tamed and new ones created.
Fine herbaceous borders have been restored and the parterres reinterpreted with formal plantings of perennials. A central grove of overgrown trees has been removed to make way for a formal layout of smaller trees surrounding a grassy glade. A new formal garden features 20 wooden pyramids supporting flowering and fruiting climbers surrounded by a jewel-box of colourful perennials framed by stepover apple trees.