Description:
Glendoick’s gardens and garden centre with its award-winning café is the ideal spring day out in April and May. Glendoick boasts a unique collection of plants from three generations of Cox plant-hunting expeditions in China and the Himalaya. Enjoy one of the finest collections of rhododendrons and azaleas, magnolias and other acid-loving plants in the woodland garden and the gardens surrounding the house. Many of the rhododendron and azalea species and hybrids have been introduced from the wild or bred by the Cox family. There are fine waterfall views in the woodland gardens. The award-winning Glendoick Garden Centre has one of Scotland’s best selections of plants including their world-famous rhododendrons and azaleas as well as a gift shop and café.
Designed Landscape: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00196
Directions: Follow the brown signs to Glendoick Garden Centre off the A90 Perth - Dundee road. The gardens are a half-mile behind the Garden Centre. After buying tickets at the Garden Centre, please drive up and park at the gardens (free parking).
Other details: For garden visit group bookings email gardencentre@glendoick.com. Café bookings (run separately) E: manager@garden-cafe.co.uk. Please note the woodland garden is not easily accessible to wheelchairs but some of the gardens by the house are. Toilets and refreshments are at the garden centre only. No dogs.
