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A beautiful walled garden, with a heritage orchard and flower beds, waiting to be explored
Explore the rustic walled garden located in the ancient precinct of Melrose Abbey.
Discover the history of the garden.
Enjoy a picnic in the old orchard, where over 70 heritage varieties of apple are grown organically.
Don’t miss David Annand’s beautiful bronze dove sculpture.
Look out for our annual Apple Day, typically held in mid-October.
With an enviable setting in the ancient precinct of Melrose Abbey, Priorwood Garden has three distinct areas.
Historically, Priorwood was Scotland’s only garden dedicated to producing flowers for drying. The current garden team are in the process of reintroducing more plants to continue this long tradition. The flowers and herbs grown provide an impressive display in their own right, especially in summer when the annual and perennial borders are at their colourful best.
With wonderfully framed views across to the abbey, the orchard cultivates many historical apple varieties, as well as plums, pears, damsons and greengages.
Finally, the shady woodland area brings a touch of untamed wildness to the garden.
October marks the start of the British apple season and the PLANTS project team have picked some of the highlights they encountered at Priorwood and Harmony Gardens.
