Benmore Botanic Garden

Benmore, a regional garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is a magnificent woodland garden set in the stunning Cowal Peninsula. Its 140 acres, entered via a Giant Redwood Avenue forming one of the finest entrances to any botanic garden in the world, contain a wide collection of flowering trees and shrubs including over 300 species of rhododendron and over one third of the world's winter hardy conifer species.

Way marked walks lead to a pond, formal garden and viewpoint at 450 feet (140m). Fine collections from North and South America, the Orient and the Himalaya are interpreted through guided and audio tours and a guidebook. Exhibitions are shown at the Courtyard Gallery. Refreshments, plants, books and gifts are available.

Facilities, including wheelchairs, are provided for the less able.

“Benmore is one of the most powerful gardens I have seen and is a place of vital mystery and enchantment.” - The Washington Post

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Benmore Information

Address:

Benmore Botanic Garden, Benmore, Dunoon, Argyll PA23 8QU

Tel:

01369-706261

Fax:

01369-706369

Email:

benmore@rbge.org.uk

Website:

www.rbge.org.uk

Contact:

Peter Baxter, Curator

Open:

10.00am-5.00pm, March and October; 10.00am-6.00pm April to September

Getting there:

Off the A815 seven miles north of Dunoon

Facilities Available:

Wheelchair access in part/ with assistance, Toilets, Café, Plants and gift shop, Guided tours every week