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Article: How one historic garden grows: Over the centuries, the garden at Crathes Castle has changed dramatically. Today it looks toward the past and the future.(Features)(Homefront)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 11, 2002
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Byline: Christopher Andreae Special to The Christian Science Monitor
CRATHES, SCOTLAND -- Gardens never stand still. Even young ones develop and alter from year to year. Plant growth and weather alone see to that, whatever a gardener might contribute.
But when a garden has evolved for centuries, it is bound to have undergone continual modification or even radical reinvention. New design fashions, the taste of different owners, access to plants, wealth (or the lack of it), are all factors that may contribute to the reshaping of very old gardens.
No wonder Callum Pirnie, head gardener at Crathes near Aberdeen, has history on his mind. He stands ...