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Ardkinglas Woodland Garden

Ardkinglas Woodland Garden
Cairndow


PA26 8BH

tel: 01499 600261
fax: 01499 600241

Area: Scotland
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Ardkinglas Woodland Garden -- Scotland
Visitor Information www.ardkinglas.com -- email: info {at} ardkinglas.com
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Ardkinglas Woodland Garden
Scotland
All details updated* as of: 09/02/2010
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

All year; daily; daylight hours.
Ardkinglas House Garden - Private garden, open on selected days or by prior arrangement. Guided tours are available

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: Yes
By appointment
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National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
April - June
To see:
Carpets of bluebells, spectacular rhododendrons, champion trees
 Admission Prices
Adult £3.50; Child under 16 free.
Season ticket £12.
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No
Teas: No
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: Yes
Dogs Allowed: Yes
On Lead only: Yes
Special Events: Yes
Other Facilities:
Limited access for the disabled. Shop, refreshments etc. available nearby.
 Garden Features
Garden tours available if booked in advance. Full tour can take 1-2 hours. Whistle-stop tour of 20 minutes on low-level paths can be more appropriate for parties that include the disabled, or for those who want to see just the highlights of the garden.
VisitScotland *** grading for gardens
English Heritage Garden Grade:
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer:
The garden comprises 25 acres of hillside with wonderful views over Loch Fyne in some of Scotland's most spectacular landscape. There are a network of paths rising from the waterfalls of the River Kinglas through the gardens and woodland to the hillside above from which the Loch and its surroundings can be viewed.

With near perfect growing conditions, there are a spectacular collection of rhodendrons, conifers and many other trees and shrubs including "the mightiest conifer in Europe" and one of the tallest trees in Britain.

Populating the garden are a woodland lochlan, an ancient mill and a numerous and thriving group of red squirrels. There is also a gazebo, built from local Argyll oak, which houses a scriptorium of tree-related poetry and prose to fire the imagination.

In spring and early summer, in addition to the collection of rhododendrons, one of the finest in Britain, which is in bloom at that time, there is a marvellous carpet of bluebells.
 History of Garden
Originally planted out in the 18th Century, the Callander family established the mature conifer collection around 1875. The estate was purchased in 1905 by Sir Andrew Noble who in 1920 started to plant what soon became an outstanding collection of rhododendrons. This was augmented fifteen years later by the gift of rhododendrons from his fellow enthusiast, Lord Aberconway at Bodnant. With the help of his son Michael, later Lord Glenkinglas, he took delivery of these plants, which were transported from Wales in two railway carriages and can now be found in the garden upon the aptly-named Bodnant Bank. Lord Glenkinglas and his wife Anne continued to garden at Ardkinglas until the mid-1980s and their influence is noticeable everywhere in the garden.
 Nearby Scotland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Cairndow Inn
Restaurants:
Loch Fyne Oysters
Inns & Pubs:
Cairndow Inn
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Inverary - 8 miles
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