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Pitmuies Gardens tel: 01241 828245 Area: Scotland |
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| Visitor Information | |||||||||||||
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| Pitmuies Gardens Scotland All details updated* as of: 18/01/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
1st Apr - 31st Oct; every day; 10am - 5pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Preferably. |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Annual donation made. |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring Summer |
To
see: Massed Spring bulbs., fine trees. Herbaceous borders, roses, delphiniums and shrubs. |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Adults £2.50; Accompanied children under 14 free. Car parking. |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Teas and/or lunches for groups can be arranged by prior appointment. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Well-known gardens in setting of interesting 18th century buildings. Woodland, river and lochside walks. | English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Two walled gardens adjoin an old white-harled house which was much enlarged and altered in the 18th century. The garden walls are still as shown on an estate map of 1780 and shelter a traditional fruit and cut-flower "kitchen" garden leading to the semi-formal gardens beyond. These gardens have a mix of roses, herbaceous borders and a much celebrated summer display of delphiniums. Old plant varieties are treasured and there are shrubs and shrub-roses, paved areas for dianthus and violas and a lily pond with fountain central to the rose gardens. Trellises for climbers and a conservatory housing rampant passion flowers all combine to provide varied habitats for a wide collection of plants. In Springtime there are massed spring bulb displays and outside the two gardens an "alpine meadow" leading to woodland, river and loch-side walks with some magnificent trees and intruiging buildings, which include a Gothick-style washhouse, a turreted dovecote, some 18th century farm buildings and former stabling. These have stone slate roofs and one, the potting shed, is festooned with ferns and bears the date 1775. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| The gardens seem to have evolved over time - their present appearance relates to the last century, with much additional planting and alteration by the present owners over the past 30-40 years. This was only possible because they are "domestic", rather than grand, in scale and ambience. Extensive restoration and repair of the house and its ancillary buildings has been undertaken and is on-going with support from Historic Scotland. Architecturally all are listed Grade A. |
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| Nearby Scotland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
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Restaurants: Trumpeton Forge Tea room. |
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| Inns & Pubs: Star Inn, Friockheim |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Glamis Castle Angus Folk Museum House of Dun (National Trust for Scotland). |
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