Geilston Garden

Argyll & Bute | Cardross | Garden | ★★★

[Walled Garden at Geilston Garden]

Geilston Garden dates back over 200 years, lying at the end of an avenue of limes on the Clyde coast a few miles west of Dumbarton. The garden splits into several varied parts: an interesting kitchen garden, orchard, slightly nondescript paddock, wooded burn (bluebells in May) and - the highlight - a very colourful walled garden. These all fan out from the (private) Geilston House: owned by a succession of wealthy merchant families until 1998, when it was taken into the care of the National Trust for Scotland. A pleasant diversion for an hour or two on a summer's day.

[Kitchen Garden]

📌 Geilston Garden ★★★
By A814 half a mile northwest of Cardross, G.R.: NS 339784 ///bloom.pinches.elaborate
Open daily, April to October | £7.50 adult / £5.50 child / free for National Trust for Scotland members

[Geilston Garden]

[Geilston House]

[Rose garden]

[Walled Garden]

[Doocot]

[Lettuce in the Kitchen Garden]

[Wildflowers]

[Geilston Garden]

[Orchard]

[Geilston Garden]

[Geilston Burn]

[Geilston Garden]

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