Head gardener: Louise Arnot
Location: Palace of Culross, Dunfermline, Culross, Fife KY12 8JH
Size: One acre
Soil: Open, water-retentive yet free-draining soil
Garden open: Since 1991
Open: March–October, 10am–4pm, £13.50 palace & garden; £5 garden only
Contact: National Trust for Scotland, 01383 880359; nts.org.uk
Gardening on a slope can be a challenge, but when your garden rises 50m in a coastal location with no vehicle access, there are significant hurdles to overcome. However, this doesn’t deter Louise Arnot, head gardener at Culross Palace since 2015.
“The garden is on a south-facing slope, so it’s not as cold as the rest of Fife,” she says. “There’s also a series of wells at the back of the palace, so we have a good, moist, fertile soil that’s also quite open and free-draining.…