Description:
With views across the road towards White Hill, one can also see the new garden development. There is a new greenhouse and the garden will be blooming with peonies, lilies and roses. There are lots of geraniums and a wooded stepped climb up to the glorious Hobbit House at the top of the garden. The gardener is Mike Watson from Border Gardens who is very skilled with topiary and he is helped by his nephew Andy, who mows and pulls out the endless briars.
Directions: Take the Terregles Road from Dumfries for approximately 4 miles, past Terregles and on towards Shawhead. The house is on the right opposite a white farm steading. Bus route 373 (Dumfries-Shawhead) passes directly by the house. Timetables available online.
Other details: An ice-cream van will be at the garden. Leap Cottage is also open the same day and it is easily possible to visit both gardens as they are very close to one another.
