***************************************************************** * 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 *** Pitmuies Gardens 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: Pitmuies Gardens Last Modified: 11-01-2012 Garden ID: 0460 pic: 0460_Pitmuies.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: Mrs Farquhar Ogilvie Address: Guthrie By Forfar Angus Postcode: DD8 2SN County: Scotland tel: 01241 828245 fax: website: www.pitmuies.com email: ogilvie //at// pitmuies.com English Heritage Grade: I Opening Times: (2010 dates - enquire) 1st Apr - 31st Oct; every day; 10am - 5pm. Best Times of Year to Visit: Spring Summer To see: Massed Spring bulbs., fine trees. Herbaceous borders, roses, delphiniums and shrubs. National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Comments: Annual donation made. Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Preferably. House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: By prior appointment only Admission Prices: Adults £2.50; Accompanied children under 14 free. Car parking. Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No Shop: No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: No Refreshments: No Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: No Other Facilities: Teas and/or lunches for groups can be arranged by prior appointment. Features: Well-known gardens in setting of interesting 18th century buildings. Woodland, river and lochside walks. Designer: Description of Garden: Two walled gardens adjoin an old white-harled house which was much enlarged and altered in the 18th century. The garden walls are still as shown on an estate map of 1780 and shelter a traditional fruit and cut-flower "kitchen" garden leading to the semi-formal gardens beyond. These gardens have a mix of roses, herbaceous borders and a much celebrated summer display of delphiniums. Old plant varieties are treasured and there are shrubs and shrub-roses, paved areas for dianthus and violas and a lily pond with fountain central to the rose gardens. Trellises for climbers and a conservatory housing rampant passion flowers all combine to provide varied habitats for a wide collection of plants. In Springtime there are massed spring bulb displays and outside the two gardens an "alpine meadow" leading to woodland, river and loch-side walks with some magnificent trees and intruiging buildings, which include a Gothick-style washhouse, a turreted dovecote, some 18th century farm buildings and former stabling. These have stone slate roofs and one, the potting shed, is festooned with ferns and bears the date 1775. History: The gardens seem to have evolved over time - their present appearance relates to the last century, with much additional planting and alteration by the present owners over the past 30-40 years. This was only possible because they are "domestic", rather than grand, in scale and ambience. Extensive restoration and repair of the house and its ancillary buildings has been undertaken and is on-going with support from Historic Scotland. Architecturally all are listed Grade A. Local Inns: Star Inn, Friockheim Accomodation: Restaurants: Trumpeton Forge Tea room. Village/Town/Sightseeing: Glamis Castle Angus Folk Museum House of Dun (National Trust for Scotland).