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Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Kirkton Cottage

Kirkton Cottage Aberlemno

Nestled in a dip beside a stream this country cottage garden is packed with plants. Mown grass paths meander among mature trees, shrubs and perennials in borders, island beds and

Free – £4

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Kirkton Cottage

Kirkton Cottage Aberlemno

Nestled in a dip beside a stream this country cottage garden is packed with plants. Mown grass paths meander among mature trees, shrubs and perennials in borders, island beds and

Free – £4

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Torwood

Milton of Ogilvie Forfar

A small, attractively laid-out country garden striving towards year-round interest, enjoyment and relaxation through association and succession planting of trees, shrubs, herbaceous, ornamental grasses, perennials and bulbs. John's aim for

Free – £5

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Forfar Open Garden

Forfar Open Garden 36 Lochside Road, Forfar

Now into its eighth year, this therapeutic and tranquil space consists of a walled garden and woodland. The garden contains a diversity of herbaceous planting, food growing areas, greenhouse, polytunnel

Free – £5

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Kirkside of Lochty

Kirkside of Lochty Menmuir, Brechin

This garden, designed by renowned local plantswoman Irene Mackie over 20 years ago, is now nurtured by the current owners. There are four distinct areas each with their own character.

Free – £5

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – The Old Schoolhouse

Kilry

The garden extending to two-thirds of an acre comprises two distinct areas. Firstly, the original cottage-style garden with lawn and borders of mixed shrubs, perennials and annuals, enhanced by a

Free – £5

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Gardeners Cottage

Fern Brechin

This former two-acre Victorian kitchen garden is undergoing a slow transition from its previous owners (H.M. Prisons) after a decade of neglect. With some restoration and a little repurposing, Michelle

Free – £5

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Brechin Gardens in July

Various Gardens in Brechin Brechin

1 Castle Street (NEW) 1 Castle Street, Brechin DD9 6JN (Bob and Pam Thomson): A mature, south facing, town garden featuring a variety of shrubs, including various hydrangeas, as well as

Free – £8

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Forfar Open Garden

Forfar Open Garden 36 Lochside Road, Forfar

Now into its eighth year, this therapeutic and tranquil space consists of a walled garden and woodland. The garden contains a diversity of herbaceous planting, food growing areas, greenhouse, polytunnel

Free – £5

Tulip Planting at Hospitalfield

Hospitalfield House Westway, Arbroath

Getting ready for Spring: meet us in the walled garden for some autumn bulb planting! We are planting tulip bulbs that will bloom in Spring 2025. Drop in on one

Snowdrop Festival at Glamis Castle

Glamis Castle

Our Head Gardener, Des Cotton, invites you to explore the Nature Trail located in Glamis Castle Gardens where the planting of snowdrop bulbs will take place. We will be planting

Free – £6

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Kinblethmont House

Kinblethmont Art Gallery Kinblethmont House, Arbroath

Kinblethmont is an historic estate which, with its advantageous elevated position, has been settled since Pictish times. In the centre is the Victorian mansion house surrounded by beautiful policy woodlands

Free – £6

Snowdrop Festival at Glamis Castle

Glamis Castle

Our Head Gardener, Des Cotton, invites you to explore the Nature Trail located in Glamis Castle Gardens where the planting of snowdrop bulbs will take place. We will be planting

Free – £6

Snowdrop Festival at Glamis Castle

Glamis Castle

Our Head Gardener, Des Cotton, invites you to explore the Nature Trail located in Glamis Castle Gardens where the planting of snowdrop bulbs will take place. We will be planting

Free – £6

Snowdrop Festival at Glamis Castle

Glamis Castle

Our Head Gardener, Des Cotton, invites you to explore the Nature Trail located in Glamis Castle Gardens where the planting of snowdrop bulbs will take place. We will be planting

Free – £6

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Lawton House

Lawton House Inverkeilor, by, Arbroath

Woodland garden of beech trees, carpeted with snowdrops, aconites and crocuses in spring, set around a 1755 house. There is also a walled garden planted with fruit trees and vegetables.

Free – £5

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Dalfruin

Dalfruin Kirktonhill Road, Kirriemuir

A well-stocked connoisseur’s garden of about a third of an acre situated at the end of a short cul-de-sac. There are many less common plants like varieties of trilliums, meconopsis

Free – £5

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Milton of Finavon House

Milton of Finavon House Forfar

Milton of Finavon House is a Grade C listed property in 1.8 acres of gardens. In parts, the house dates from circa 1500. The gardens are currently being restored and

Free – £5

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Brechin Castle

Brechin Castle Showground Haughmuir, Brechin

The uniquely curving walls are just one of many delightful surprises in store as you wander around Brechin Castle's renowned walled garden. Find charm and splendour in the wide gravelled

Free – £6

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Angus Plant Sale

House of Pitmuies Guthrie, Forfar

By kind permission of Ruaraidh and Jeanette Ogilvie, our popular Annual Plant Sale will once again be held at Pitmuies Gardens (see separate entry for description of gardens). As always,

Free – £6

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme – Hospitalfield Gardens

Hospitalfield House Westway, Arbroath

In 2021 the walled garden at Hospitalfield was comprehensively redeveloped to a design by celebrated garden designer and plantsman, Nigel Dunnett. The new garden tells the 800-year horticultural story of

Free – £6