The Japanese Garden

At the turn of the 20th century, Scottish adventurer Ella Christie returned home from a trip to Japan inspired to build her own Japanese garden. As might be expected from a woman who thought nothing of travelling to the other side of the world in search of the unusual, Ella's approach to developing the garden was trailblazing. She chose a female designer - the gifted Taki Handa - to create the seven-acre site in the grounds of Cowden Castle, near the Scottish town of Dollar. In doing so, the Jap