Grow your own 

We generally have a good range of vegetable seeds available for those who want to ‘grow their own’ from scratch and we also have plug plants grown at Ashbrook ready at the appropriate season for planting, not forgetting seed potatoes in spring and tomatoes in the summer.

Shallots, garlic, onions, asparagus and rhubarb.

We grow a wide range of herbs at Ashbrook including parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme!

Others include bay, fennel, chives, lemon balm and various mints, hyssop, rue, pennyroyal, winter savoury, horseradish, fennel and dill.

All are hardy varieties suitable for growing outside, basil and coriander are best kept indoors on the windowsill or in a conservatory or greenhouse. Mixed herb planters are also available. 

It’s such a treat to be able to harvest one’s own fruit and there are so many things one can do with it…..

Eat fresh with cream & meringues or shortbread; make into a fool, ice cream or crumble; stew to put on your breakfast cereal; make a puree or sauce to have with your roast meat (Pork & apple, Lamb & redcurrant, Chicken & gooseberry -all delicious!)

And of course there is an endless range of jams or chutneys, wines, gins and juices to be experimented with!

We generally have bare-root raspberries available in the spring and a good range of currants, gooseberries, hybrid berries, blueberries and superfruits sourced from the Carse of Gowrie.

We also have the newer ‘patio varieties’ of raspberry and blueberry – perfect for those with limited garden ground.

Most of our Fruit trees come from Frank P Matthews – check their website to help you choose the varieties you would like to grow, or come into Ashbrook for a chat – we will be able to let you know what is available and which rootstock will suit your situation. We generally stock a range of varieties which are selected for good performance in Scotland.

Eating, cooker/eater and cooking apples, pears and cherries on both dwarf and standard rootstock.

Range of 'Scottish' apple varieties including Stirling Castle, The Bloody Ploughman and Scotch Bridget.

Plums, gage and damson - they are good to plant in the autumn, but it has been found that potted plums may not do well over winter if planted too late in the season. We will be getting a full range later this spring once growth has started.

Hazels also available.