We are Opening for Scotland’s Garden Scheme
Come and spend the day at Hospitalfield. Dedicated to contemporary art and ideas, Hospitalfield is a place to work, study, learn, visit and enjoy
We are Opening for Scotland’s Garden Scheme
Saturday 20 August 2022, 11am – 4pm
Admission £6.00, children free.
Our gardens are open throughout the season and for this one day only we are delighted to be part of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme, joining so many gardens, large and small, public and private, working together to raise funds for the Scheme’s chosen charities; over 250 different charities are supported each year.
Newly installed right at the heart of the gardens is an important work by the Scottish sculpture Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. ‘Rio’ was made in the early 1960’s and was amongst the only works that Paolozzi loved to see sited within a garden.
The walled gardens at Hospitalfield opened in 2021 after a comprehensive redesign by the celebrated garden designer and plantsman, Nigel Dunnett. The site has been inhabited since the 12th century yet this is a new garden with so much potential. Nigel worked to a brief to tell 800 years of garden history through his design; from the monastic origins to our current times and his great experience in sustainable and ‘naturalistic planting’.
The Garden Buildings include the restored fernery and new glazed garden café designed by the lead designers of our design team for our Future Plan, Caruso St John Architects. We could not be more proud to have brought such great designers to Hospitalfield