Members' Tours

The Gardens of Fife & Dundee

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15 July 2019 - departs from John Hope Gateway at 8.30am, returns at 6.45pm
£65 per person - includes coach travel, garden entry, lunch and tea/coffee

Our first stop is Wormistoune House, Crail, where we will explore the ‘room-themed’ walled garden, featuring an abundant wildlife meadow and a magical shade garden showcasing four of Scotland’s largest Griselinia specimens. After lunch at Caulders Garden Centre, we visit the James Hutton Institute in Dundee, a world-leading environmental research organisation, to learn about their work and tour the fruit plots and vegetable collections. Our final stop is the 3-acre Willowhill Garden by Newport on-Tay. There will be a large plant stall of divisions from the garden.

The Gardens of Northern Ireland

Now open to non-members!

24 July 2019 - departs from Edinburgh Airport, returns 28 July 2019
From £945 per person - see itinerary for details
Organised with Brightwater Holidays

Using Belfast as a base, we will travel to the National Trust gardens at Mount Stewart and Rowallane Garden, as well as visiting Ballyrobert Cottage Garden and Antrim Castle. The final day includes a visit to the house and gardens at Benvarden and a stop at the world-famous Giant's Causeway. There are also opportunities for behind-the-scenes tours of three award-winning private gardens. See itinerary for details.

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The Gardens of the Scottish Borders Fully Booked

1 July 2019 - departs from John Hope Gateway at 8.30am, returns at 7pm
£65 per person - includes coach travel, garden entry, lunch and tea/coffee

The day begins near Coldstream, where we will be visiting the lush terraced garden of Lennel Bank, then on to Bughtrig, a traditional hedged Scottish family garden with an interesting combination of sculpture, herbaceous plants, shrubs, annuals and fruit. After lunch at Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre we visit the house and gardens of the Marquis of Lothian, Monteviot House. We will be taking a tour of the eighteenth century house before heading out into the sumptuous 30-acre gardens which feature an arboretum, an oriental-style water garden, a rose garden and a laburnum tunnel.

This tour is now fully booked.