URL:   http://www.nts.org.uk/web/site/home/visit/places/Property.asp?PropID=10013&NavPage=10013&NavId=5114  Name: Broughton House and Garden    Alternate Name:   Address: 12 High Street  Mailing Address:   City: Kirkudbright, Dumfries & Galloway  State: Scotland  Postal Code: DG6 4JX  Country: UNITED KINGDOM  Latitude/Longitude: lat=54.8366; long=-4.0547 Find Gardens Nearby Phone: (0)1557 330437  Fax:   E-Mail: broughtonhouse@nts.org.uk  Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: 1901  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Daily (hours vary according to time of year - see website below or phone for details)  Admission: Adults: £3.50  Added to JGarden: 5/1/2004  Last Updated: 5/1/2004  Sources: National Trust web site  JGarden Description: This site is an 18th-century town house purchased by E.A. Hornel in 1901. Hornel was an artist and member of the 'Glasgow Boys', a well-known group of Scottish painters. He added in art gallery and studio overlooking the Japanese-inspired garden from 1901-1933. The garden leads down to the Dee River estuary. In addition to the garden, the house contains an extensive collection of Scottish books, local historica materials, and 'Yokohama photographs', a series of B & W photos taken by foreigners in the years after the Meiji Restoration. The Broughton House and Gardens are now owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland after being transferred from the E.A. Hornel Trust in 1997.

The grasshopper Shoulders his whiskers And sings.   Issa   trans. R.H. Blyth