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The Gardener’s House
The gardener’s house of the Turaida Estate was built in the
1840s to house the gardeners and servants of the estate.
During the early part of the 20th century, the gardener lived
in the northern wing of the building, while the southern
end, which faces the castle, was home to the coachman who
supervised riding horses in a stable that was located in the
castle yard of the mansion. On the roof floor there were two
rooms in which five or six male garden workers lived. The
estate has several gardens, alleys of linden trees and rose
bushes, pathways and bridges, and foreign trees and bushes.
A large orchard once again surrounds the estate.
After agrarian reforms in 1920, the estate was handed over
to the Latvian Labour Union of Schoolteachers. The building
was rebuilt several times during the 20th century to adapt it
to various needs. The administrative offices of the museum
were located in it from 1963 until 2000.
Between 2004 and 2009, there was an investigation of the
building for purposes of renovation. The gardener’s house was
returned to its initial appearance and interior design. The
building is currently home to the exhibition “The Gauja Livs
in Latvia’s Cultural History.”
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The house of the Turaida Estate’s gardener, photograph
from the 1920s
FOLK SONG PARK – FOLK SONG HILL AND FOLK SONG GARDEN