Dumfries & Galloway

Logan Botanic Garden » The most climatically favoured of Scotland's 'sub-tropical' gardens, with tree ferns, cabbage palms and other tender plants in a rather windswept location. There is a woodland garden, a terrace and a walled garden. Read more on Logan Botanic Garden

Castle Kennedy and Lochinch Gardens » A nineteenth century castle with a great woodland garden and a ruined castle. It stands on a peninsula between the Black Loch and the White Loch. The garden was laid out by the 2nd Earl of Stair, with work carried out by the Royal Scots Greys and the Inniskilling Fusiliers. Stair was a Field Marshall and the garden and has 'military' grass terraces and a 2 acre circular lily pond. There is a network of avenues and the garden is best understood as a Scots interpretation of Bridgeman's style. Read more on Castle Kennedy and Lochinch Gardens