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I have often wanted to visit this garden, but never got around to it. I know that it is a long way away, but it is not that far from my in-laws so when my family and I were down visiting them in October of this year I decided to pop over there.
The weather in October was very wet, but luckily the day I went over there it was mainly sunny. I am not sure how busy it can get in the summer, but when I was there I only saw 2 other people in the garden and it felt like I had the whole place to myself, it was great!
I first went into the walled garden where they have what are believed to be possibly the largest Cordylines on the UK mainland.
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I then found this rather interesting looking Magnolia
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It had some very peculiar looking seed pods on it
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They had some lovely big old large-leaved Rhododendron (I always read that these like shade, but these were in the sun)
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Great looking plants if you have the room
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The first very healthy looking Cordyline indivisa I saw in the garden
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I am not sure what this tree is, but it looked great!
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A very healthy looking Blechnum cycadifolium
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The second indivisa...
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There were plenty of Dicksonia antarctica in the garden, although I did notice that quite a few of them had not come back
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Another big, old DA
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The Gunnera bog, the trees in the background act as a wind break and you can see why it is so sheltered in the garden itself when you think this is looking due west
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This is looking back into the walled garden
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I am pleased that I made the effort to go over to the garden and I still find it hard to get my head around the fact that it is in Scotland!
Great pics. I have been meaning to go for ages as it isn't too far away. I thought it closed for winter at the end of October for some reason.
Broughton House garden in Kirkudbright is pretty nice too. It's amazing what little gems are out there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonralli/sets/72157625008671839/
Rubbish claim to fame - when we were living in Newton Stewart my Dad did some legal stuff for the film crewe and went to the end of filming party.
Nice photos. It's definitely worth a visit, quite a nice thing to do on a rest day if you're up riding Kirroughtree, Mabie etc. It's amazing what can be grown so far north thanks to the gulf stream (see also Inverewe gardens near Gairloch).
If you like moss, you can visit my lawn 🙂
It's great to see those photos - the time and care that's gone into getting those to grow up here is amazing.