Bolfracks, Aberfeldy, Scotland

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Brief description of site

The organic garden at Bolfracks incorporates the 18th-century Menzies-family burial ground and occupies a walled garden dating from the same period, but was essentially recreated from 1975. It is a plantsman's garden with richly planted borders. There are also good collections of herbaceous perennials and ornamental trees and shrubs. The early-20th-century stream garden was restored and replanted from 1983.

Brief history of site

Bolfracks was built as a farmhouse for the Menzies family in the early-18th century. By the late-18th century there was an enclosed garden and burial ground. In the late-18th century Bolfracks was sold but the Menzies family still own the burial ground.
In 1922 the grandparents of the present owners bought the property. A stream garden was created in 1922 and later replanted. Mr J Douglas Hutchinson redesigned and replanted the gardens from 1975.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	52	Grid Ref:	NN822481
Latitude:	56.60992	Longitude:	-3.920822

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