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Cluny House tel: 01887 820795 Area: Scotland |
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| Visitor Information | |||||||||||||
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| Cluny House Scotland All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
1st March - 31st October; Every day; 10am - 6pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes wmattingley@btinternet.com for groups making enquiries for booking |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes SGS scheme open all season |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring and Autumn |
To
see: Autumn - colour, leaves and berries Spring - Primulas, meconopsis, trilliums, rhododendrons |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Adult £4; Child under 16 free; Season ticket £7 per person | |||||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: No Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Red squirrels, woodland birds. There are many Red Squirrels being fed in the garden now and it is virtually guaranteed that visitors will see them at some point during their visit. A new viewing platform looking over a colourful area of the garden has been completed. This allows those unable to walk completely around the garden to sit just off the main lawn area while their companions walk around the garden. Many old deep steps and hand rails have been replaced. There will no longer be a gate to open and close when entering and leaving the garden but beware of the speed bumps! |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Impressive collection of Trilliums, Erythroniums and Liliums, also Asiatic primulas Widest conifer in UK - Wellingtonia with a girth of 11 metres Cluny seed list available in early winter. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Bobby Masterton |
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| Cluny is a wild woodland garden set in the scenic Strathtay Valley in the heart of Scotland. The climate, altitude and aspect favour many Himalayan and North American plants. Beneath a canopy of mature specimen trees, rhododendrons and two massive sequoias, drifts of Asiatic primulas adorn the shaded damp positions growing in home-produced leaf mould. Accompanying them are brilliant blue, yellow and red Himalayan poppies, white, pink and red American wood lilies, exotic green Arisaemas and huge Himalayan lilies with wondrous scents. No chemicals are used within the garden allowing many plants to naturalise and blend in with the native wild flowers such as primroses and bluebells. Cluny is a horticultural treasure not to be missed in any season. | |||||||||||||
| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Bobby and Betty Masterton bought Cluny House and the surrounding sloping 10 acres in 1950. A woodland garden was developed around a few existing 100 year old 'policy' trees with a strong emphasis on Himalayan and North American plants. After the deaths of the Mastertons in the mid 1980's, the garden (now 6 acres) has been managed since 1987 by one of their daughters, Wendy and husband, John Mattingley. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Scotland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Weem Hotel, Weem by Aberfeldy Ailean Chraggen, Weem |
Restaurants: Ailean Chragger, Weem The House of Menzies Legends Coffee House, Grandfully |
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| Inns & Pubs: Ailean Chraggen, Weem |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Aberfeldy Birks of Aberfeldy Big Tree Trail |
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