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Garden Name: Cluny House
Last Modified: 09/02/2010
Garden ID: 0122

pic: 0122_clunyHouse.jpg

Owner: Mr and Mrs Mattingley
Address:
Aberfeldy
Perth and Kinross

Postcode: PH15 2JT
County: Scotland

tel: 01887 820795
fax: 
website: www.clunyhousegardens.com
email: matcluny {at} aol.com

Features: 
Impressive collection of Trilliums, Erythroniums and Liliums, also Asiatic primulas
Widest conifer in UK - Wellingtonia with a girth of 11 metres
Cluny seed list available in early winter.

English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
20th Feb - 31st October; Every day; 10am - 6pm

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Spring and Autumn

To see: 
Autumn - colour, leaves and berries
Spring - Primulas, meconopsis, trilliums, rhododendrons

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: SGS scheme open all season

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: wmattingley@btinternet.com for groups making enquiries for booking 

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £5; Child under 16 free; Season ticket £8 per person

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: No
Disabled Access: No
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No
Teas: No
Refreshments: No
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities:
Red squirrels, woodland birds. There are many Red Squirrels being fed in the garden now and it is virtually guaranteed that visitors will see them at some point during their visit.
A new viewing platform looking over a colourful area of the garden has been completed. This allows those unable to walk completely around the garden to sit just off the main lawn area while their companions walk around the garden. Many old deep steps and hand rails have been replaced. There will no longer be a gate to open and close when entering and leaving the garden but beware of the speed bumps!


Designer: Bobby Masterton
Description of Garden:
Cluny is a wild woodland garden set in the scenic Strathtay Valley in the heart of Scotland. The climate, altitude and aspect favour many Himalayan and North American plants. Beneath a canopy of mature specimen trees, rhododendrons and two massive sequoias, drifts of Asiatic primulas adorn the shaded damp positions growing in home-produced leaf mould. Accompanying them are brilliant blue, yellow and red Himalayan poppies, white, pink and red American wood lilies, exotic green Arisaemas and huge Himalayan lilies with wondrous scents. No chemicals are used within the garden allowing many plants to naturalise and blend in with the native wild flowers such as primroses and bluebells. Cluny is a horticultural treasure not to be missed in any season.


History: 
Bobby and Betty Masterton bought Cluny House and the surrounding sloping 10 acres in 1950. A woodland garden was developed around a few existing 100 year old 'policy' trees with a strong emphasis on Himalayan and North American plants. After the deaths of the Mastertons in the mid 1980's, the garden (now 6 acres) has been managed since 1987 by one of their daughters, Wendy and husband, John Mattingley.

Local Inns: 
Ailean Chraggen, Weem

Accomodation: 
Weem Hotel, Weem by Aberfeldy
Ailean Chraggen, Weem

Restaurants: 
Ailean Chragger, Weem
The House of Menzies
Legends Coffee House, Grandfully

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Aberfeldy
Birks of Aberfeldy
Big Tree Trail