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Following the retirement of the present Head Gardener in October 2020, we are seeking a talented and experienced person to join our team.
The Castle, gardens and grounds currently remain closed, however we are monitoring the Scottish government advice closely. With the current easing of the restrictions, we envisage that we will be in a position to reopen the gardens, grounds walks and the Terrace towards the end of July 2020.
Handpicked by The Times & The Sunday Times as one of the most romantic places to stay in the UK, and now featured by Forbes as one of the UK's best hideaways, the Head Gardener's House at Floors Castle is a fairytale getaway for future staycation plans.
A green light for activities such as grouse shooting and deer stalking could be pivotal to economic revival in some remote communities.
That’s the conclusion from a snapshot survey of 32 sporting estates, with growing uncertainty over whether visitors from outwith Scotland will be able to participate in country sports in 2020.
If you missed it the first time around you'll be pleased to hear that you can join Julie Montagu on the Smithsonian channel this Sunday as she ventures to Floors Castle in the Scottish Borders.
As news emerges that restrictions will continue in Scotland for the short term, it looks like it will be a while longer before we can re-open our gates to visitors. Whilst the streets and roads in the surrounding Scottish Borders community remain quiet, the gardens at Floors are a hub of activity. Wildlife continues the daily routine as normal as the gardeners go about their new way of working.
A positive story from a news article featured in The Southern Reporter...
Gamekeepers from the Roxburghe Estates, and others across the Borders, have donated thousands of pounds’ worth of personal protective equipment for medics in the region.
As lockdown continues across the country, we have visitors of a different variety frequenting the grounds here at the Castle and across the wider Roxburghe Estate. In our latest edition of the Feel Closer to Floors blog, we celebrate the beautiful wildlife making a home here.
The Fallago Environment Fund, a joint program between EDF energy and Roxburghe Estates, has launched a £100,000 Covid-19 grant scheme to help Borders and Gifford residents recover from the impact of the coronavirus crisis and lockdown.
Earlier this week we were delighted to read an article featured in the Thoroughbred Daily News about Attraction - one of the most successful horses that Floors Stud has bred.
