Charity Garden Opening - Tyninghame House and The Walled Garden

THE WALLED GARDEN (Mrs C Gwyn): The formal walled garden combines the lawn, sculpture and yew hedges, an Apple Walk, extensive herbaceous planting including roses and peonies with an informal arboretum.

TYNINGHAME HOUSE (Tyninghame Gardens Limited):Splendid 17th century sandstone Scottish baronial house, remodelled in 1829 by William Burn.

The gardens include herbaceous border, Lady Haddington’s Secret Garden with old fashioned roses and an extensive wilderness spring garden with rhododendrons, azalea, flowering trees and bulbs.

The Romanesque ruin of St Baldred’s Church commands views across the Tyne Estuary and Lammermuir Hills.

Tyninghame has been awarded ‘Outstanding’ for every category in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Scotland.

Champion Trees: Two British and four Scottish.This is a fundraising event for the open garden charity Scotland’s Gardens Scheme which raises money for hundreds of local charities.