URPoint Details
Visitor Centre; tearoom; picnic area and car park. There is a dog walk and special car park for visitors with dogs. Disabled car parking near the garden. There is a slabbed path from the car park to Visitor Centre the upper part of the garden and herb garden easily negotiated in dry weather when the ground is firm. When the grass is wet, access is not advised to this part of the garden. No wheelchair access to the lower parterres.
The centrepiece is the Great Garden, originally laid out in 1675 by Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Baronet of Pitmedden.
In the 1950's re-creations of three parterres were taken from designs possibly used in the garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh in 1647.
The fourth parterre is a heraldic design based on Sir Alexander's coat-of-arms. In the 100-acre estate is a woodland walk, Museum of Farming Life, herb garden and wildlife garden.
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- Landmark