Oban – Oban Secret Gardens of the Western Seaboard
Tuesday 15th to Tuesday 22nd May 2018 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners
The western seaboard of Scotland is home to some of the finest gardens in Europe, where unusual and exotic plants flourish in the warm climate of the North Atlantic Drift. Many were planted in the Victorian era and designed to complement grand country homes.
Travel Plan – 7 nights
Tuesday 15th May Oban - Embarkation.
Wednesday 16th May Cruise Kyle Rhea and Sound of Sleat, Loch Hourn. Plockton - Attadale Gardens.
Thursday 17th May Loch Ewe - Inverewe Garden. Ullapool - Corrieshalloch Gorge.
Friday 18th May
Ullapool - Dundonnell Estate Garden. Ullapool - Durnamuck Garden.
Saturday 19th May Loch Dunvegan, Skye - Dunvegan Castle and Gardens.
Cruise south west Skye and the Small Isles.
Sunday 20th May Mull - Lip na Cloiche Garden. Tobermory, Mull - Glengorm Castle.
Monday 21st May Fort William - Ard Daraich Garden. Lochaline - Ardtornish Estate Gardens.
Tuesday 22nd May Oban - Disembarkation
Lip na Cloiche Garden
Loch Ewe Inverewe Garden
Dunvegan Dunvegan
Castle SKYE
Sound of Sleat
Ard Daraich Garden
Tobermory Glengorm Castle
Lochaline Ardtornish
Gardens MULL OBAN Estate Fort William Loch
Plockton Attadale Gardens
Kyle Rhea
Durnamuck Garden
Little Loch Broom Dundonnell
Ullapool Estate Garden
Corrieshalloch Gorge
Guest Speaker: Richard Baines
Richard Baines was a lecturer in horticulture before becoming Curator of Logan Botanic Garden, part of The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. A regular contributor to gardening magazines he has participated in many Gardeners’ Question Time panels, lectures on various topics and has appeared on both TV and radio. His plant specialities include rhododendrons, hardy palms and southern hemisphere exotics.
Secret Gardens of the Western Seaboard 13
N
G
E
T
A
D
R R
N
S
SAVE I
E
E
T
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24
