Estate
Park
The park of the Fraeylemaborg is a national monument, a special place where elements of the French Baroque and English landscape style have been preserved side by side. Over winding paths, past ponds, garden ornaments and special trees you walk further and further into the forest park. Long straight avenues of oaks and beeches form lines of sight to the house, the 13th-century tower of Slochteren and the surrounding landscape.
Spring flowers such as the rare Turkish lily, rhododendrons and azaleas bring colour. The Juglans Nigra or Black Nut behind the borg comes from North America and was grown from seed here 200-years ago. It is now the largest and oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.
Forests and lands
In 1821, a detailed map of the park was drawn by surveyor F. F. N. van Hulten. It looks very much like the park we know today and forms the basis of its management. In 2024, the most recent phase of restoration of the park began.
Freely accessible
The park of the Fraeylemaborg is freely accessible almost all year round (with the exception of event days). The park is rich in flora and fauna. Dogs are welcome, but to protect other animals they must be kept on a leash at all times.
