Autumn leaves

Autumn highlights

  • Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • Benmore Botanic Garden
  • Dawyck Botanic Garden
  • Logan Botanic Garden
  • Visitor Attraction
  • Fri 25th Oct 2019

The days are closing in but there still is time to enjoy the autumn's vibrant colours at all fours Gardens. Follow one of our expert guides or discover by yourself the most stunning views on offer before winter arrives.

Benmore

Walk through stunning mountainside scenery and the magnificent giant redwoods avenue or treat yourself to an Explorer Tour (every Wednesday and Thursday from 14:00 to 16:00).

The Garden is open daily until 31 October from 10:00 to 17:00.

Note: The Garden will be closed from 1st November and re-open on 1st March 2020.

Dawyck

Home to one of Scotland's finest tree collections including some of Britain's oldest and tallest trees., the 65-acre Garden offers woodland and burnside walks and is renowned for its autumn colour and fantastic fungi.

Join a guided walk every Sunday, at 14:15 until 31 October and at 13:45 in November.

The Garden is open daily until 31 October from 10:00 to 17:00 and 10:00 to 16:00 in November.

Note: The Garden will be closed from December and re-open on 1st February 2020.

Edinburgh

Enjoy a superb tree collection and look out for the Woodland Garden, the stunning redwoods in the John Muir Grove and a collection of 'Champion Trees' identified by blue labels.

Follow an expert guide, every morning at 11:00 and every afternoon t 14:00.

The Garden is open daily until 31 October from 10:00 to 17:00 and from 10:00 to 16:00 in November until the end of January 2020.

Logan

Don't miss Scotland's most exotic Garden's highlights of the season:
 . lily-like flowers of the South African Nerine,
 . Agapanthus, another South African native, with their vivid blue bell-shaped flowers
 . Berberidopsis corallina, a native of Chile with its delicate crimson bells
 . Dianella intermedia's bright purple berries

The Garden is open from 10:00 to 17:00 until 31 October, and from 10:00 to 16:00 until 15 November.

Note: the Garden will be closed from 16 November.

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