Joanna Swiers is one of the gardeners here and she told us about her work. Sir Walter Scott loved his garden and it’s easy to see why. He designed the grounds like a suite of outdoor garden rooms that started at the house and eventually led to the Walled or kitchen garden where he is [...]
Read more>>>While the doors of Abbotsford are currently closed to visitors, behind the scenes there’s a mass of activity, not least in our conservation department. We spoke to collections assistant Cornelia Zeh who told us what’s going on: There are thousands of items in the collections at Abbotsford but there has never been a formal cataloguing [...]
Read more>>>Our Marketing Manager, Beverley Rutherford, and Ros Dryden, Commercial Manager, have just returned from Russia where they went to spread the word about Abbotsford to representatives of the country’s travel and tourism industry. Beverley told us about her trip. We were part of a Scottish delegation travelling with VisitBritain and VisitScotland to meet travel [...]
Read more>>>The Abbotsford Trust, which runs Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford home near Melrose, has announced the appointment of Rosalind Dryden to the newly created role of Visitor Services Business Development Manager. Rosalind will be responsible for all commercial operations at Abbotsford, including the new Abbotsford Visitor Centre which is set to open next year as part [...]
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