Amisfield Preservation Trust
The Amisfield Preservation Trust was formed with the following objectives: to acquire, preserve, repair, restore or maintain, for the benefit of the public at large, land and buildings of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest in Amisfield Park in East Lothian.
The Trust was responsible for securing Heritage Lottery Funding for the stabilisation
of the Summer House. The Trust is now responsible for major fund-
Much of the progress made in the garden would not have been possible without significant help from Awards for All Scotland who funded most of the tools and equipment used in the garden and helped towards the installation of the water distribution system and the purchase of edging boards for the footpaths.
Funding from Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothians (SEEL) was secured to undertake a Historic Survey and Development Plan which forms the basis for the preservation and further development of the garden. In 2008 additional funding was obtained, mainly from the Big Lottery and the J P Fleming Charitable Trust, to undertake a study which looked into the visitor potential and community use of the garden. Further funding is being sought to enable these the outcomes of this study to be implemented.
Many of the trees from the original tree nursery were cleared by Trust volunteers in the autumn of 2007.
The ruins of the Summer House in Amisfield Park lying to the northwest of the walled garden. The Trust was responsible for securing Heritage Lottery Funding for stabilising the remaining structure.
All the paths converge at a central focus which has been laid out with rose beds, lawns and box hedging.
The foundations of the original paths have been excavated and the paths reinstated.
