Beside the Stables is the Victorian Walled Garden set in a sheltered hollow with high stone walls, elaborate gates and cast-iron railing along the south-facing front. In its heyday, a number of greenhouses ran along the north wall, heated by a large coal-burning boiler located in the west corner using water from the loch nearby. Many varieties of fruit were grown in the Garden’s west side including apples, plums, pears, currants, gooseberries and rhubarb, which had once more become fashionable. Vegetables were grown along the east side while a large circular flowerbed dominated the centre.

The Garden lay untended for more than half a century so that, by 1960, there was a profusion of rampant weeds and rhododendron bushes. The Garden was restored between 1998 and 2002 by a team of tradesmen, training agencies, volunteers and park staff. It now ranks as one of the Park’s most popular attractions during the summer months.

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