The English Garden

Once Upon A TIME

Standing tall on the east coast of Fife, near the picturesque fishing villages of the East Neuk, Wormistoune House has panoramic views of sea and sky. Much altered over the centuries, this historic Scottish tower house has been meticulously restored by owners James and Gemma McCallum, Baron and Lady Wormistoune, to the way it would have looked in its 17th-century heyday.

Wormistoune’s towers and crow-stepped gables have a fairy-tale quality that is reflected in the garden the McCallums have created around it, sheltered by high walls from the worst of the North Sea gales. The one-acre walled garden is divided into classic ‘rooms’ by yew hedges, and the McCallums are grateful to

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