The garden has won the Britain in Bloom competition many times.

[citation needed] Access is from Viewfield Road close to the Gordon Highlanders Museum in the Rubislaw district of central Aberdeen.

The park was formerly part of the Johnston House estate, but was gifted to the city in 1936.

[1] The park contains a Japanese garden centred upon a pond and arched bridge.

[citation needed] The park contains a memorial to the men killed on helicopter flight G-REDL 85N on 1 April 2009.