The History of the Walled Garden

Set on the edge of Fochabers in Moray, Gordon Castle’s Walled Garden is one of Scotland’s great horticultural treasures, with a story that stretches from early estate gardening and 19th-century ambition to wartime decline and an inspiring modern revival.

This article by Angus and Zara Gordon Lennox, published in The Pleasaunce by Scotland’s Garden and Landscape Heritage (SGLH), explores how the garden’s remarkable setting, rich history and careful restoration have shaped it into a place where heritage, productivity and beauty meet, ensuring that one of the country’s most significant historic gardens continues to thrive today.

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