Argyll & Bute | Cove | Garden | ★★
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
Fans of perfectly tended, formal gardens look away now... Linn Botanic Gardens on the peaceful Rosneath Peninsula may have been immaculate once upon a time, but more recently nature seems to have had the upper hand. But there's still beauty in these bushes if you're patient enough to overlook overgrown paths and untidy borders. A map leaflet (usually available upon arrival) and 50 numbered waymarkers guide you around the varied landscape, taking in a glen and waterfall, bamboo garden, ponds, Alpine lawn and rhododendron plantings surrounding a dilapidated old villa, though following the correct route isn't always straightforward. It's a refreshing from the heavily manicured gardens elsewhere in Scotland - but you can't help thinking another set of green fingers might transform the place.
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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Linn Botanic Gardens ★★
Off B833, Cove village centre, G.R.: NS 223826 ///cornering.packages.hikes
Open daily, but probably best in spring / summer | Entry by honesty box
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[Linn Botanic Gardens] |
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[View of Loch Long from the turnoff for the gardens] |
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