Virtual Tour

Welcome to the Virtual Tour

The garden covers an area of 9 hectares, and includes a tropical and a temperate glasshouse.

The plant collection is laid out broadly on a geographical basis, where plants are loosely grouped according to the region of the world in which they are found.

Herb garden and Mediterranean plants

The Mediterranean collection, to the north of the glasshouses, includes a wide range of plants whose natural habit is dry soil. The shelter provided by the glasshouses creates a temperate microclimate ideal for these plants.

Conifers

This area contains a range of conifers, and other large trees.

Roses, mixed trees and shrubs

Garden of Evolution

The newest area of the garden, is the Evolutionary Garden, which represents the evolution of plants from the primative lichens and mosses to flowering plants. It includes impressive dry stone walling.

Native plants

The native plant area depicts the vegetation founds in Scotland from high mountain top to seaside. As you can walk alongside the mountain stream, and through the glen, you see the change from low-growing plants at the top to scrubby plants lower down. This leads into birch pine wod, and oak woodlands, onto the nutrient-rich loch.

Larch, Pseudolarix and redwoods

This area contains large trees, including impressive redwoods.

Desert and Tropical plants

One of our glasshouses demonstrates plantlife in the tropical rainforest, where citrus fruit can be frequently found, coffee beans grow and the pond contains giant water lilies. The other glasshouse takes you on a journey through a temperate region with bananas and insectivorous plants, to an arid zone with cacti and other succulents.

North and South American plants

The American area of the garden includes a developing Eastern North American collection. This takes the visitor from the Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) forests to mixed deciduous woodlands.

Birch, evergreens, oaks and southern beech

Amongst the birch, evergreens, oaks and southern beech is a fine Camperdown Elm.

Beech and Sir Garnet Wilson's sycamore

Sir Garnet Wilson's sycamore was the only tree on the site when the garden was started

Australasian plants

In the Australasian section of the garden there is a large collection of Eucalyptus from Australia and Tasmania.

Asian plants, including rhododendrons

The last area of the garden holds the Asian collection, with many plants from China and the Himalayas.