Secret Garden Distillery enters liquidation

Scottish gin producer Secret Garden Distillery has gone into voluntary liquidation and is no longer trading.

Gareth David Wilcox and Mark Harper of Opus Restructuring have been appointed joint liquidators of the company.

The company was placed into liquidation on 1 July with special resolution passed that it would be wound up voluntarily.

Filings on Companies House also show that Secret Garden’s registered address has been changed from its site on Old Pentland Road on the outskirts of Edinburgh to Opus’ office in Glasgow.

A statement on distillery’s website reads: “Secret Garden Distillery Limited has entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation and is no longer trading.”

Enquiries are being directed to the administrators.

Sisters Imogen and Isobel Armstrong and their mother, Kate Armstrong, acquired the business in August 2022, which was previously named the Old Curiosity Distillery.

“When we acquired The Secret Garden Distillery, it mainly produced gins for contract distilling. Now, we have concentrated our efforts on building a gin brand that we can proudly call our own,” Imogen Armstrong told The Spirits Business in 2024.

The distillery’s core gin range includes Rose, Elderflower & Jasmine, Lavender, Lemon Verbena and Pinot Noir Gin, as well as its seasonal summer release and a Winter Gin.

It also offered discovery tours through its botanical garden and glasshouse. Its Alchemy Experience invited guests to explore the full botanical range and craft their own gin to take home.

At blind-tasting competition The Gin Masters 2024, Secret Garden Distillery was recognised with three Gold and three Silver medals. The Armstrong sisters were also shortlisted at The Spirits Business Awards 2024 in the Young Achiever of the Year category.

In July last year, the brand launched in France in partnership with Premium Craft Spirits.

The Spirits Business has reached out to both the Secret Garden Distillery and its administrators for comment.