Scotland's Lost Gardens - Books from Scotland

From the Garden of Eden to the Stewart Palaces

Gardens can be one of the most important elements of our cultural history, and yet they are also some of the most fragile, susceptible to change, abandonment and destruction. This book traces the fascinating stories of Scotland’s gardens of the past, as well as the history of the nation which these landscapes reveal.

Images from Scotland’s Lost Gardens: From the Garden of Eden to the Stewart Palaces
By Marilyn Brown
Published by RCAHMS

Marilyn Brown

Marilyn Brown has worked as an archaeological investigator with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) for more than thirty years, specialising in the study of historic gardens through ground and aerial survey across the whole country.

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