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Size The Walled Garden is about 1½ acres, within an estate of about 12 acres Altitude Some 100ft above sea level Soil Heavy clay Climate The garden is only about one mile from the sea, right on the eastern tip of Fife and quite dry—‘it can be raining in St Andrews, but not here,’ advises Katherine. However, for Scotland, it’s fairly mild, with very few frosts Challenges The wider policies had been neglected, so renovating the woodland —removing lots of dead elm, in particular —has been a priority and brought with it new challenges of coping with weeds in the newly cleared ground