Stockarton
Visit a three-acre Galloway garden with unusual shrubs, a lochan and an arboretum of rare oaks, open daily and free of charge.
This garden was started in 1995 by Carola Cliff, a keen and knowledgeable plantswoman, and contains a collection of unusual shrubs and small trees, which are growing well. Her aim has been to create different informal gardens around a Galloway farm house, leading down to a lochan. Above the lochan there is a sweet cottage, used for holiday retreats, with its own interesting garden.
In 1996 a three-acre arboretum was planted as a shelter belt and it now contains some rare oak trees. Accès : On the B727 Kirkcudbright to Gelston Road. Kirkcudbright three miles, Castle Douglas seven miles. Organiser: Lt Col and Mrs Richard Cliff