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The Best Gardens to Visit in Scotland
Our pick of the best gardens to visit in Scotland (Highlands & Islands, Aberdeenshire & Moray, Perthshire, Fife, Edinburgh & the Lothians, Glasgow & the Clyde, Stirling & Argyll, Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scottish Borders), every address checked.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Inverleith, Edinburgh
A garden with roots in the 17th century, famous for its Rock Garden, Chinese Hillside, rhododendrons and Scottish native plants.
See details →Inverewe
Poolewe, Wester Ross (National Trust for Scotland)
Exotic plants on a remote coast above Loch Ewe; Osgood Mackenzie spent 20 years growing a shelterbelt before he planted the flowers.
See details →Logan Botanic Garden
Near Stranraer, Galloway
Scotland's most exotic garden, where a mild Gulf Stream climate lets plants from Australia, New Zealand and southern Africa grow outdoors.
See details →Benmore Botanic Garden
Cowal Peninsula, Argyll
A mountainside garden entered by a tall avenue of giant redwoods.
See details →Dawyck Botanic Garden
Near Peebles, Scottish Borders
One of the world's finest arboreta, a sister garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
See details →Crarae Garden
Near Inveraray, Argyll (National Trust for Scotland)
A Himalayan-style woodland garden along the Crarae Burn, created by Lady Grace Campbell in 1912.
See details →Culzean Castle
Maybole, Ayrshire (National Trust for Scotland)
Formal gardens and a double walled garden with 120-metre herbaceous borders and a restored Victorian vinery.
See details →Branklyn Garden
Perth (National Trust for Scotland)
A small 1920s garden within walking distance of the city centre, holding a National Collection of Himalayan blue poppies.
See details →Threave Garden
Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway (National Trust for Scotland)
Home of the School of Heritage Gardening since 1960, laid out as garden rooms, with daffodil banks of more than 360 varieties.
See details →Drummond Castle Gardens
Muthill, Perthshire
One of Scotland's most important formal gardens, terraced in the 19th century, with ancient yew hedges.
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Checked October 2026. Opening times, prices and delivery terms change, so please check before you travel or order.