Description:
Rosemount is a large cottage garden with lawns to the front and rear of the house and a wide range of shrubs and perennial plants, as well as some mature trees, including a Parrotia Persica, a Liriodendron Tulipifera and a Eucryphia Nymansensis, and some recent additions such as a Cryptomeria, a Davidia Involucrata (handkerchief tree) and a Cornus Controversa (wedding cake tree). Other features include a greenhouse with a Black Hamburg vine, a wildlife pond, a small rockery, and a developing crevice garden. Beyond the ornamental part is a productive fruit and vegetable section. The present owners have been working since 2014 to restore and replant the garden; it is still under development.
Directions: Hillhead is the main route through Bonnyrigg (B704) and is on the no 31 bus route (alight at Broomieknowe Gardens), Rosemount is situated on the crest of the hill 100 yards to the south of this.
