Sir Alexander Seton, Lord Pitmeddon founded the Great Garden.  The garden, with its pavilions and fountains and manicured look, was established by Sir Alexander Seton in 1675, with it's magnificent Formal geometric garden within a walled square and divided into four. One of the quarters has a floral saltire and thistle, and the coat-of-arms of the Setons, Lairds of Pitmedden. Another has a sundial and floral depiction of the well-known Latin dictum, tempus fugit. One of the notable features is the eastern half of the square modelled on the Charles II garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.