Strathclyde - Gardens
Ardencraig Garden is a lovely 19th-century walled garden created by Percy Crane for the owners of Ardencraig House. The garden includes several restored Victorian glasshouse for housing exotic plants. There is also an aviary.
Ardencraig Lane, High Craigmore, Craigmore, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
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Heritage Highlight: 19th-century walled garden
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A 25-acre woodland garden of horticultural and scenic value, Ardkinglas features some of the finest specimen conifers in Britain. Woodland paths lead through rhododendron banks and along the River Kinglas.
The Square, Cairndow, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA26 8BG
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Arduaine Garden is known as Scotland's 'secret garden', with 20 acres of spectacular azaleas, magnolias, rhododendrons, Blue Tibetan poppies, Himalayan lilies and other temperate zone plants from around the world.
Arduaine, Oban, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA34 4XQ
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A lush three-acre garden surrounds the striking Victorian mansion of Ascog Hall. In the garden is a restored 19th-century sunken fernery housing a King Fern thought to be over 1,000 years old. The garden is laid out as separate themed 'garden rooms' and provides interest throughout the year.
Ascog, Rothesay, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
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Heritage Highlight: The oldest fern in Britain
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An outstation of Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden, Benmore, formerly the Younger Botanic Garden, features a magnificent collection of rhododendrons, and an avenue of giant redwoods, set around a Victorian mansion in the picturesque countryside of the Argyll Forest Park.
Benmore, Dunoon, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA23 8QU
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Heritage Highlight: A rare 19th-century fernery
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Glasgow's historic Botanic Gardens are centred on the dramatic 1873 Kibble Palace, Britain's largest glasshouse, housing a collection of tree ferns and plants from five continents. Eleven other linked glasshouses are home to a display of cacti and varieties of orchids.
730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, G12 0UE
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Heritage Highlight: Kibble Palace glasshouses
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A 20-acre rhododendron garden surrounds historic Colonsay House manor, on the island of Colonsay. The gardens are considered one of the finest in Scotland. Aside from rhododendrons, the gardens feature a mix of trees and shrubs, many from the southern hemisphere.
Colonsay House, Kiloran, Isle of Colonsay, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA61 7YU
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Heritage Highlight: An early 8th century statue stands within the garden.
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Crarae Garden is a lush Himalayan woodland garden centred on a steep-sided ravine on the western shore of Loch Fyne. The garden features vibrant colour from spring through autumn and is known for its rhododendron collection. Within the garden is a Neolithic chambered tomb built around 3500 BCE.
A83, Furnace, Loch Fyne, Strathclyde, Scotland, PA32 8YA
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Heritage Highlight: Neolithic tomb
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One of the National Trust for Scotland's newer properties, this historic garden dates to the late 18th century and stands beside a stone-built manor house. There is a walled garden, woodland walks along a burn with waterfalls, and a kitchen garden behind a high beech hedge.
Main Road, Cardross, Strathclyde, Scotland, G82 5HD
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The core of Greenbank is a walled garden built around a lovely Georgian house. The gardens feature beautiful clipped hedges and topiary, ornamental plants, fountains, shrubs and trees. Planted to inspire owners of small urban gardens.
Flenders Road, Clarkston, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, G76 8RB
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Heritage Highlight: Built around an 18th century mansion house
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