Dunninald Castle and Gardens

08/05/2026

Bluebell Week at Dunninald Castle.
Castle tours at 2pm and 3pm.
Saturday 9th -Sunday 17th May, daily.
Please book in advance via our website dunninald.com

05/05/2026

A chilly evening here, with frost forecast overnight.

Behind our unusual curved wall are old fireplaces- now blocked up - that gardeners would once light on nights like this. The warmth travelled through the wall via hidden chimneys. Helping to protect the blossom on the fruit trees growing alongside it.

A clever bit of garden history!

02/05/2026

The Gardens at Dunninald Castle are open on Sunday, Monday and Tuesdsy afternoons 1-5pm until the end of August!

03/08/2025

AMBER WEATHER WARNING

Dunninald Castle Gardens will be closed Monday 4th August.

28/06/2025

The honey bees love the borage in the walled garden. We love the flavour it adds to their honey. It also has an additional benefit of slowing the crytalisation of the honey, which happens naturally over time, keeping it runny.

20/06/2025

Bees, butterflies, birds and even dogs make for great company in the walled garden this afternoon.

08/06/2025

Happy Bees

04/06/2025

Boer War Letters
Follow our blog BOER WAR LETTERS, Letters home from JRE Stansfeld. After graduating from Sandhurst aged 19, Johnnie Stansfeld joined the Gordon Highlanders and was immediately posted to South Africa where he spent the next 2 years. Transcriptions of his letters, this blog gives an extraordinary first hand account of his time in South Africa.

My great-grandfather's 'year out'

02/06/2025

MISSING – WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN

The herons flew away at the beginning of May, and over the weekend, the spider (with her 90cm-wide web) departed, taking the cherub with her.

Though not valuable, they were deeply special to us, to the garden, and to our visitors.

If seen or returned, we'd be grateful. Please share.

We do have CCTV footage and will give 24hrs for the items to be returned before we share with the police.

02/06/2025

Come and explore 2 miles of paths within the woodlands and wild gardens. We welcome dogs on leads. We are open Sunday Monday and Tuesday afternoons.