History of Aros Park
Tobermory Isle of Mull
THE WALLED GARDEN, AROS PARK

The date the Walled Garden was built seems uncertain. All flowers to decorate the house were grown within its walls, together with vegetables to be consumed within the house. Seaweed was collected and dried then used to fertilise the garden. Fruit trees, such as pears and apples, were grown against the walls, to get the best of the sun's warmth, together with soft fruits such as raspberries. The children of the house used to collect the fruit to earn pocket money.  Box hedging partitioned the garden into triangular beds, and some of this survives to this day, all that remains within the walls.
 
 

 

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