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Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park
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Collections:
With the marriage of the daughter of James the second of Scotland to James, Lord Hamilton, the long Stewardship of the island by generations of Hamilton’s began. In 1843, when the 10th Duke’s son married Princess Marie, the youngest daughter of the Grand Duke of Baden, the enlargement and transformation of the Castle was commissioned. The work was made possible by the inheritance that came to Susan Euphemia, wife of the 10th Duke and daughter of William Beckford, described as ‘one of the most colourful individuals in the history of English collecting’. Beckford’s extreme wealth and fabulous collection was legendary and the portion that came to Brodick is today on display together with an eclectic collection of paintings, furniture, porcelain and silver.
Gardens:
The Walled Garden, built in 1710, is laid out with formal borders, a mixture of half hardies and annuals, some of which came to Brodick from Tresco Abbey gardens. The Woodland Gardens house the world famous Rhododendron collection. Amongst other features in the gardens are the Bavarian Summerhouse and an ice house. Arran lies in the Gulf Stream and its climate allows for the successful growing of exotic plants from around the world.
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- Delightful daffs thrive with the National Trust for Scotland
Daffodils and the Lake District may be immortalised by the writings of William Wordsworth and yet this sentinel of spring, adopted by the Welsh as its national emblem is also a significant player in the Scottish horticultural world – whether in the fields of Kincardineshire or in the long established gardens and designed landscapes of the National Trust for Scotland. more>
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