For many years Dumfries House in East Ayrshire has been on my Bucket list of places to visit and at last today we managed to get to visit it with Niall and Elspeth. It's under 2 hours to get there from Langholm and well worth the trip. The weather was glorious and it consisted of a 90 minute guided tour of the house with an excellent young guide followed by a visit to the Walled Garden. The gardens are extensive and you could never get round the whole garden so we concentrated today on the Walled Garden and it was well worth the couple of hours we spent in it. We were not allowed to take any photographs inside the house but it was spectacular and full of Chippendale Furniture. The following photos are of the gardens and Walled Garden so often no explanation is needed. I apologise there are so many of them but it really was a spectacular Walled Garden and in particular I loved the many Apple trees which were laden with fruit.
The Walled Garden is assisted by many young people doing training schemes at Dumfries House and also school children from local schools get involved as well.
A nice place to sit in the sun on such a hot day as it was 26C.
There were loads of vegetables and all will be used in the catering establishments in the grounds.
one of the nicest Apple Trees
The Walled Garden was a mass of colour
Lots of areas in the Walled Garden are planted with wild flower seeds and they are spectacular at this time of year and especially on such a sunny day.
This was covered in Butterflies
This turret was added to the house when the side extension was built so the join in the two parts was hidden.
Gaye and Elspeth on the Chinese Bridge opened by Prince Charles on 9th September 2016
Butterflies galore
A grand rest in the shade of the Maguire Arboretum
This tree sits on the highest part of the grounds and is no doubt very old
The front of Dumfries House and the lovely fountain
Another fountain in the Walled Garden
Part of the extensive Rose Garden
The bridge over the Lugar Water
On the steps at the front of the house
The Maze
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