Little Sparta
Stonypath, Dunsyre
ML11 8NG, UK
4 June - 27 September 2026
Opening hours: Thursday - Sunday, 11:00 - 5:00 pm (last admission 4:00 pm)
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s poetic garden in the Pentland Hills reopens to the public on 4 June 2026.
The garden, located an hour from central Edinburgh, is a celebration of the idea that art doesn’t only belong in galleries, and poems don’t always live in books. It is one of the treasures of the 20th century and is often, for very good reason, described as Scotland’s greatest work of art.
Finlay moved to the farm of Stonypath in 1966 and, in partnership with his wife Sue Finlay, began to create what would become an internationally acclaimed garden across seven acres of a wild and exposed moorland site. It contains over 270 artworks set into what Finlay described as ‘specific landscapes’: distinct areas within the garden, each with its own character and mood.
For more information, please visit the link to Little Sparta's website below.
