Green-cloaked walls of the original quarry

Rising in the centre, a limestone mound offers a lookout point of the Sunken Garden, while the paths wind past the graceful Ross Fountain and peaceful Bog Garden. Descend the switchback stairs to the picturesque oasis.

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Sunken Garden by the Numbers

9

Years to
create

5

Acres of
& gardens

151

Flower
beds

65,000

Bulbs planted
for spring

Raised garden beds filled with summer blooms at the bottom of the steps to the Sunken Garden.
The dancing water of the Ross Fountain in closed by a forest of evergreen trees.
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