Secret Garden distillery

The company originated as a herb garden project called the Secret Herb Garden, founded by Hamish Martin. Martin had previously worked as a wine merchant and had studied herbology at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. The garden was constructed on a derelict 7.5 acre plot of land in 2012. Martin opened a distillery at the site in 2017, then called the Old Curiosity Distillery. In January 2020, the distillery created an own-label gin for the Balmoral Hotel called Baile Mhoireil, and that July, the distillery released a gin in partnership with supermarket Aldi, called Eidyn. This was followed by the release of an alcohol-free gin in August 2020, which used lemon balm, yarrow and calendula.…