In addition to the magnificent rhododendron collection it is now also home to many rare and unusual shrubs and plants. These sit alongside productive fruit and vegetable beds, all given formal structure by dwarf box hedges. The walled garden is flanked by shrub lined avenues bordering the burn, leading to woodland walks which meander alongside the burn before climbing further into the Donkey Wood.  Along the way, depending on the time of year, you may find snowdrops, swathes of wild garlic, carpets of bluebells, primroses, pink campion and some enormous rhododendrons more than half a century old. The water garden is another glorious place to pause and sit on your visit, amongst a riot of candelabra primulas, irises, rodgersia and other damp loving plants and grasses.

Keep your eyes open for red squirrels up in trees when on the woodland walk and the dipper in the burn. Don't miss the 60 foot hydrangea petiolaris on Lady Murrays Walk, the spectacular clematis montana and the towering stand of gunnera next to the ponds. The latest additions in an always evolving garden are the “clock garden” with its collection of cutting flowers, an alpine garden, new medicinal herb beds, a fernery, the beginnings of a new arboretum in the old orchard area and the geometric rearrangement of the vegetable garden.