***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Carnell 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Carnell Last Modified: 23-02-2012 Garden ID: 0411 pic: 0411_Carnell.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: Mr & Mrs J.R. Findlay & Mr & Mrs M. Findlay Address: Hurlford Kilmarnock Postcode: KA1 5JS County: Scotland tel: 01563 884236 fax: 01563 884407 website: www.carnellestates.com email: carnellestates //at// aol.com English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: For general viewing of the Gardens (minimum of 10 people): By appointment only. Best Times of Year to Visit: June - September To see: Herbaceous borders National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: Sunday 15 July 2012 Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: By appointment Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Yes with Garden Tour only Admission Prices: Adults £10; This price is for private parties made by appointment only includes garden tour and tea in the House Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: No Other Facilities: Plants for sale only on Open Days From A77 (Glasgow/Kilmarnock) take A76 (Mauchline/Dumfries) then right on to the A719 to Ayr for 1.5 miles. Black wrought iron gates on left-hand side. Features: (Open Day Sunday July 15th 2012 in aid of Charity/SGS) and will include: Plant Sale, silver band, ice cream & cream teas. Special display by the Scottish Delphinium Society. Craft stalls. Local charities to benefit include: Craigie Parish Curch and Village Hall, Red Cross; Admission £4 for our Open Day Designer: Description of Garden: The park includes two squares of Lime Trees, to represent the Scottish squares at the Battle of Dettingen, 1743, complete with two 'officers' on either side, all planted soon after the actual battle. There is also a very fine cut-leaf beech and a copper beech. A Wild Garden, the formal garden of yew hedges and the Rock and Water gardens, the latter being originally a small limestone quarry, were laid out by Mrs. Findlay-Hamilton. One of the main features of the garden is the 100-yard herbaceous border full of delphiniums and many unusual plants. Burmese dragons and a Japanese gazebo with Burmese statues recall Commander Findlay's travels. Glades of Rhododendrons and Azaleas come into flower in May and June and the herbaceous, rose and phlox borders are in full bloom during July. History: Carnell originally belonged to the Wallace family, for whom the original 16th Century Towerhouse was built. Many alterations to the estate, with landscaping of the gardens, were carried out in the 1840's and a new house, to a design by William Burn, was built in 1843. Further alterations to the house and the ornamental development of the gardens were carried by Mrs. Georgina Findlay-Hamilton in the early years of the 20th century. Local Inns: Cochrane Inn, Gatehead Craigie Inn Accomodation: Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: