Old travel Blog photograph of the terrace gardens by Crathes Castle, Scotland. Built in the second half of the sixteenth century by the Burnetts of Leys its grounds are equally as famous, being a series of gardens divided by yew hedges planted about 1702. Tour Scottish Castles. The castle estate contains 530 acre of woodlands and fields, including nearly four acres of walled garden. Within the walled garden are gravel paths with surrounding specimen plants mostly in herbaceous borders. Many of the plants are labelled with taxonomic descriptions. There is also a grass croquet court at a higher terraced level within the walled garden. Ancient topiary hedges of Irish yew dating from 1702 separate the gardens into eight themed areas.
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