About

It is best to check on the website for opening hours.

My name is Susan Bennett. Officially, I’m a Crathes volunteer garden guide with the National Trust for Scotland. I keep returning to Crathes because of the plants and their stories; also for a bit of craic with the gardeners and volunteers. My research on the garden has led to a book: The Gardens and Landscape of Crathes Castle: a four hundred year story. Essentially, these notes are a continuation of the book; the stories keep on coming.

Berberis amurensis South Border, 16 May 2018

Here is an introduction to the gardeners who keep the whole show on the road: James Hannaford (Head Gardener), Andrew Morrison (First Gardener), Joanna Shaw (Propagator), David Wood (Groundsman/Estate Worker), Michael Flett, Stephen Holtom, Emily Strachan (apprentice), Kevin Thomson (part-time, mostly in the grounds). Volunteers come in to help throughout the year. Cecilia Rogers has recently retired but continues as a volunteer.

from the left: Steve, Davy, James, Andy, Mike, Joanna, Cecilia
Emily

Crathes is world famous for its great diversity of plants and the quality of its design. It is situated on Royal Deeside in North-East Scotland.

 Owned by the Burnett family until the twentieth century, Crathes was given to the National Trust for Scotland in 1951.

Kevin

With thanks to Niamh O’Driscoll and Steve Ingle for help with setting up the website.

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