Woodfall Gardens

By Scott Marley

Details Woodfall Gardens  Glasserton    Dumfries & Galloway        01988 500692 Keith Stewart, the 6th son of the 6th Earl of Galloway had a plan to improve the area around Glasserton house. The plan, including parkland, elegant farm buildings and gardens, was clearly a success - shortly after his death in 1795, a Dumfries newspaper reported: "The pleasure Ground is extensive and the whole Walks are in perfect good order. The gardens contain some acres of ground, and are enclosed with Brick-walls, which are sixteen feet high, and well stocked with the choicest fruit trees. The Vinery, Peach, and Nectarine Houses, as well as the Melon Beds, have lately been put in the most complete order, and produce great quantities of the choicest fruit." The walls still stand today, with an estimated 1.5million hand made bricks. They enclose about 3 acres of gardens. To walk round the remains of the arbour, the greenhouse and vinery is just fascinating, imagining what it must have been like when it was first created! Unfortunately the Glasserton House was demolished in 1948 and now nothing remains where it once stood. For many years the grounds had been left and started to grow wild but in the last decade many hours have been dedicated to clearing the land and re-establishing a 'pleasure garden' with scented shrubs, trees and flowers. Why not take a relaxing stroll through these magnificent gardens and take home a little part of your day by seeing what plants are for sale.