Back To The Future!

Novel productive garden under way at famous Scottish castle venue

- Ian Hodgson

A bold plan to create a cutting-edge productive garden is currently being realised in the walled garden at Culzean Castle, on the South Ayrshire coast.

The two-year project will see features, such as mixed orchards of fruit trees, a nuttery, a brewing and herb garden and a small tea plantation, fill the north walled garden. It has largely been underutilised since the 1960s, when the National Trust for Scotland, (NTS) took over the historic clifftop property.