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Shepherd House

Shepherd House
Inveresk
East Lothian

EH21 7TH

tel: 0131 665 2570
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Area: Scotland
Show Map Location:
Overview Map (30 Km)
Detailed Map (1.5 Km)

Visitor Information

www.shepherdhousegarden.co.uk

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Shepherd House
Scotland
All details updated* as of: 19/02/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

17th & 24th Feb; 12noon - 3pm - Scottish Snowdrop Festival
1st April - 1st July; Tues & Thurs; 2pm - 4pm.
27th Apr; 2pm - 5pm - Tea and Plant stall.
18th May 2pm - 5pm - Inveresk Tea & Plant stall

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: Yes

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
17th Feb, 24th Feb
27th Apr, 18th May
1st Apr - 1st July; Tues & Thur
(SGS days)

Best Times of Year to Visit:
April - June

To see:
Large collection of tulips and other bulbs. Early perennials. Roses. Rill parterre and potager.

Admission Prices

Adult £3; Children (accompanied) free.
Honesty Box Tuesday and Thursdays April - July

Onsite Facilities

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: No
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No

Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: No

Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: Yes
Special Events: No

Other Facilities:
Plants are for sale on SGS days only. Teas also available on SGS days only.

Garden Features

Rill, Alpine Wall, Potager, bulb meadow, parterre, ponds, fountains and botanical paintings.

English Heritage Garden Grade:

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer: Charles & Ann Fraser

The garden at Shepherd House was one of only two in Scotland featured in the late Rosemary Verey's book "Secret Gardens" and lives up to its reputation with many individual gardens nestling inside each other like Chinese boxes. It reveals itself slowly starting with the Millennium Garden nearest the house planted with lavender, irises, oriental poppies and salvias.

The main feature of the garden, however is the elegant stone rill flowing for 40 yards under rose covered arches planted with nepetia and alliums. The rill connects the central formal pond with a raised pond at the back of the garden containing four fountains which overflow to feed the rill.

Other features of the garden include a bulb meadow, a woodland garden, a knot garden, a shrub rose border and a rose-covered arbour.

History of Garden

Shepherd House dates from 1690 and the garden is surrounded by high stone walls. Inveresk was a Roman camp so the ground has obviously been cultivated for hundreds of years. However, when the present owners moved to the property in 1957, the garden was a wilderness. After consulting ancient maps, they first restored the central path and began the task of clearing the remainder. They began re-designing the rest of the garden and slowly the garden has evolved. Remarkably, they have never employed a garden designer nor operated to a central plan.

Nearby Scotland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
Self-catering cottage can be booked at www.scottish-country-cottages.co.uk

Restaurants:

Inns & Pubs:

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
18th century village of Inveresk near to Musselburgh and 7 miles east of Edinburgh.

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The garden information above was last updated on 19/02/2008

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