Benmore Botanic Garden - Garden Highlights
In a magnificent mountainside setting on the Cowal Peninsula lies Benmore, an enchanting Garden steeped in history and surrounded by dramatic scenery. Benmore's 120 acres boast over 300 species of rhododendron; Bhutanese and Chilean plantings and a spectacular avenue of Giant Redwoods.
Video copyright Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Benmore Botanic Garden
A video from our lovely vlogger Erin Doogan about her recent visit to the Benmore Botanic Garden in Argyll
The wildlife of Benmore Botanic Garden
Benmore Botanic Garden - near Dunoon, Argyll - is home to a wide variety of wildlife. Here we see some of its most well-known inhabitants; red squirrel, roe deer, coal tit, blue tit, treecreeper and blackbird.
Filmed summer 2009-spring 2010
Camera used: Panasonic SDR-S26
Glowing Giants at Benmore Botanic Garden
Britain's most magnificent avenue celebrated its 150th anniversary in style when 1,500 members of the public joined children with lanterns, giant puppets and an aerialist to mark the significance of Benmore Botanic Garden's majestic 50m high (164ft) giant redwoods (Sequoiadendron giganteum).
Prince Charles's Scottish castle garden
The gardens at the Castle of Mey, on the north coast of Scotland
Benmore Gardens, near Dunoon
Visit to Benmore Gardens, starting on the Western Ferries service from McInroy's Point to Hunters Quay
Ben Cruachan & Stob Diamh Argyll Scotland
Inside the glasshouses of the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh
Inside the glasshouses of the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh
The Edinburgh botanic garden was founded in 1670 at St. Anne's Yard, near Holyrood Palace, by Dr. Robert Sibbald and Dr. Andrew Balfour. It is the second oldest botanic garden in Britain after Oxford's. In 1763, the garden's collections were moved away from the city's pollution to a site on the road to Leith, and the garden moved to its present location at Inverleith in 1820. The Temperate Palm House, which remains the tallest in Britain to the present day, was built in 1858.
The botanic garden at Benmore became the first Regional Garden of the RBGE in 1929. It was followed by the gardens at Logan and Dawyck in 1969 and 1978.]
The garden at Edinburgh
The Botanics at Edinburgh is a hugely important player in a worldwide network of institutions seeking to ensure that biodiversity is not further eroded. Located one mile from the city centre they cover approximately 70 acres. The RBGE is actively involved in, and coordinates numerous in situ and ex situ conservation projects both in the UK and internationally. The three main cross-cutting themes of scientific work at the RBGE are: Scottish Biodiversity, Plants & Climate Change, and Conservation.
In addition to the RBGE's scientific activities the garden remains a popular destination for both tourists and locals. Locally known as The Botanics, the garden is a popular place to go for a walk, particularly with young families. Entrance to the botanic garden is free, although a small entry charge exists for the glasshouses. During the year the garden hosts many events including live performances, guided tours and exhibitions. The RBGE is also an important centre for education, offering taught courses across all levels.
In 2009, the John Hope Gateway was opened. John Hope was the first Regius Keeper of RBGE.
Nearly 273,000 individual plants are grown at the Botanics in Edinburgh or its three smaller satellite gardens (known as Regional Gardens) located in other parts of Scotland. These represent around 13,300 different species from all over the world, or about 4% of all known plant species.
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Four Gardens in One
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) comprises four unique Gardens celebrating the diversity of the plant kingdom -- the mountainous Benmore in Argyll; Dawyck in the wooded hills of Pebblesshire and Logan on a peninsula near Stranraer that is warmed by the Gulf Stream. Each garden differs in topography, soils and climate, enabling an exceptionally wide range of plants to be grown. Together they constitute one of the most important plant collections in the world, including plants from 161 countries.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is also a world renowned centre of scientific and horticultural excellence, working at home and in more than 40 other countries globally with a mission of exploring and explaining the world of plants for a better future.
rbge.org.uk
MALENY BOTANIC GARDENS
A brief history of the beautiful Maleny Botanic Gardens told by Manager Regine Deubner.
Logan Botanic Garden - Garden Highlights
At the south western tip of Scotland lies Logan, unrivalled as 'Scotland's Most Exotic Garden'. Warmed by the Gulf Stream, a remarkable collection of southern hemisphere plants flourish, making this a plantsman's paradise.
Video copyright Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Kiftsgate Court Gardens Broadway Worcestershire
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sheffield park gardens autumn shades
the beautiful autumn shades we are so lucky to be able to see in such splender.
Argyll, Crarae Gdns 2012
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THE WILSON GARDEN
shots from a Sunday stroll in the Wilson Botanical Garden , Las Cruces, near San Vito.
Scotland's first geocache, Ben More.
Strathmashie Forest (Scotland, UK)
Walking around the forest (January, 2012)
Logan Botanic Garden
Logan Botanic Garden, Port Logan, Near Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway DG9 9ND.
rbge.org.uk/logan
Big Tree Country
A stunning video featuring footage shot from a helicopter as it flies over beautiful scenery in the heart of Scotland. The area, known as Perthshire Big Tree Country - is divided into six distinct clusters: Aberfeldy & Kenmore; Blair Atholl; Crieff & Strathearn; Dunkeld & Birnam; Perth & Blairgowrie; Pitlochry & the Road to the Isles.
Perthshire Big Tree Country is famous for its heritage trees, several of which are featured in the video. Watch out for the Fortingall Yew, oldest living organism in Europe; the Birnam Oak, made famous in Shakespeares MacBeth; the record-breaking Meikleour Beech Hedge, tallest in the world; and Niel Gows Oak, named after the well-known fiddler.
Narrated by one of Scotlands most famous plant collectors, David Douglas, the video begins in the grounds of Scone Palace where Douglas served his apprenticeship as a gardener. Born in Scone, Douglas is responsible for introducing many plant and tree species including the Douglas fir, Sitka spruce Scotlands most prolific forestry tree and sunflowers.
As it swoops over Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park (Scotlands first) and its iconic tower, the video provides a birds eye view of other historical buildings such as Scone Palace, the former crowning place of Scottish kings; Blair Castle; and the Hermitage. It also passes over the most famous view in Scotland, Queens View. Allegedly a favourite of Queen Victoria, the view is actually named after the wife of Robert the Bruce.
In addition to the famous names already mentioned, Perthshire Big Tree Country played host to Robert Rabbie Burns on his tour of the Highlands. The Birks of Aberfeldy takes its name from a song penned by Scotlands national bard. Rabbie is also believed to be responsible encouraging the then Duke of Atholl for the planting of the area around the Falls of Bruar following a petition to the duke in one of his poems.
But it isnt all about the trees. The River Tay runs through Big Tree Country, providing fantastic salmon fishing opportunities and a playground for the more adventurous white water rafters or canoeists. Equally the forests offer great mountain and trail biking runs and tracks suitable for all levels of walking criss cross many of the woodland sites and hills.
Finally, a host of wildlife calls Perthshire Big Tree Country home. Peregrine falcons, buzzards, kestrels and ospreys soar through the sky. During the autumn the roar of red deer stags can be heard during rutting season and roe deer are often spotted dashing through the woods. Red squirrels are shyer residents but are easy to see in Cluny House Gardens and occasionally rarer species such as black grouse and capercaillie are spotted.
The video was produced by Speakeasy - for Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust