The Torridon Kitchen Garden
Creating a kitchen garden to serve the 5 star luxury hotel’s guests with fresh produce for gourmet dining
Luxury growing at Britain's most northerly five-star hotel
The Torridon Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel located in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. It has a 2.5-acre kitchen garden within the beautiful grounds, which provides fresh, seasonal produce for the hotel’s two restaurants.
The kitchen garden team were keen to provide consistently high quality produce to the hotel’s kitchen and installed a large polytunnel and selected our raised planters to grow the edibles in the most productive and convenient way.
Large raised planters for growing edibles
Planting space within the kitchen garden’s large polytunnel needed to be maximised to allow the team to grow large quantities of produce.
Our team created two designs for four planters. Two slim 15.9m planters with 11 planting compartments were positioned to run along each side of the polytunnel. Two wider 13.8m planters with nine compartments were placed in the centre.
This design makes the most of the space and ensures there is ample room for the team to move between the planters for harvesting.
Allan Paterson, Head of Marketing at The Torridon:
“WoodBlocX were the perfect solution when we upgraded the beds in our 2.5 acre Kitchen Garden. The system allows us to grow a wide range of salads, fruit and vegetables in robust, low-maintenance sections that also look great for guests visiting the garden”