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Day Tours

The keynote of these tours is flexibility to fit-in with your arrangements and to visit the gardens that are at their best at the time of your visit.

The tours are well suited to two or three people who are staying in or around Inverness, the capital of the Northern Highlands. Larger groups can be accommodated.

You will be picked up in the morning and transported, by private car, through some of the best Highland scenery, to the gardens.
The car will be my own or it can, with prior arrangement, be your hired vehicle.

The most popular tour is one that visits the world renowned Inverewe Garden and the two private gardens of Gruinard House and Dundonnell House.

It is essential that you contact me in good time so that I can make the best possible arrangements for your tour.

North West Tour

Visiting the gardens of the northwest takes us through some of the finest Highland scenery. At the same latitude as Labrador and further north than Moscow, the gardens are famed for the lush growth of exotic plants. We are spoilt for choice.   Suggestions:- Inverewe, The House of Gruinard, Dundonnell House.

North East Tour

These gardens are on a route along the north coast of the Moray Firth, taking in the Black-Isle, Cromarty and Dornoch Firths. The gardens enjoy long hours of sunshine and are dryer than those in the west. Suggestions:- Dunrobin Castle, Foulis Castle

South West Tour

Travelling along Loch Ness before branching westwards past the Five Sisters of Kintail we arrive on the west coast at Balmacara. Northwards then, to Loch Carron and the lovely garden of Attadale House amongst another two en-route. Suggestions:- Attadale House, Lochalsh House, Armadale Castle

East Coast Tour

Back to the East coast and along the southern shore of the Moray Firth towards Elgin. Returning inland by way of the Spey Valley. There is a variety of gardens and we will visit three of the best and most interesting. Suggestions:- Logie House, Blackhills, Cawdor Castle.

Inverness Area Tour

These tours are of gardens close enough to Inverness to be visited in a morning or afternoon. There is a wealth of gardens and as distances are not great, we can visit three gardens in a few hours. Suggestions:- Abriachan, Point Caplich.