Perthshire

Branklyn Garden » A twentieth century garden with an extensive plant collection, displaying the Scots passion for Sino-Himalayan plants. Branklyn holds National Collections of Lilies, Rhododendron and Meconopsis (Himalyan poppies). It was made by John and Dorothy Renton between 1922 and 1968 on land which had been an orchard. Read more on Branklyn Garden

Drummond Castle Gardens » <p>An old castle with a fine nineteenth century garden. The multiplex sundial, carved by Charles I's master mason, survives from the 1630s. It was made at a time of great interest in astronomy and when sundials were the only accurate way of telling the time. Drummond castle is set on a ridge. Terraces step down the hill to the south and a large parterre takes the form of Scotland's flag, the St Andrew's cross, centred on the old sundial (layout visible on the satellite image on the map below). The design was carried out by Lewis Kennedy, though the terracing may have been influenced by Charles Barry. Today, the planting is simpler but the garden retains the atmosphere of the Country Life b..... Read more on Drummond Castle Gardens

Scone Palace Garden » The present form of the house dates from the early nineteenth century. It is set in a park with a lake and a pinetum. J C Loudon's design was not implemented but he would surely approve of the gardenesque tree collection. Scone was formerly the crowning place of the kings of Scotland. Read more on Scone Palace Garden

Cluny House Garden » A stone farmhouse with a woodland garden specialising in Himalayan plants, started in 1950 by Bobby & Betty Masterton. Their daughter, Wendy Mattingley, and her husband took over the garden in 1987. Cluny House Garden has an important collection of Asiatic primulas including candelabras and a large collection of Trilliums, Arisaemas, Lilliums, Erythroniums and specimen trees including the widest girthed Sequoiadendron in the UK. The garden is also very important for a population of Red Squirrels. Cluny is cultivated organically with no pesticides or insecticides. Read more on Cluny House Garden