SCOTLAND has the best public gardens in the UK with one that aims to save plant species threatened with extinction top of the pile, according to new consumer research. A public vote has placed Logan Botanic Garden, at Port Logan near Stranraer, one of the four Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh sites which is home to some of the world s rarest plants, as a clear number one in the study. And half of the best ten are in Scotland with Dawyck Botanic Garden at Stobo in the Scottish Borders, another of the RBGE sites and famous for some of Britain’s oldest and tallest trees coming joint second with an 89% score along with Coleton Fishacre House and Gardens in Devon.
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£6.50 entry (free for carers and kids under 6) The 2.5-acre (one hectare)Victorian walled garden at Cambo Estate in Fife flowers with lilacs, rambling roses, elegant willows and naturalistic plantings that lend it a wild and romantic feel despite being carefully cultivated. Right now it is carpeted with tulips, and a visit later in summer will reward you with peonies. Cambo Burn runs through the garden – you can stop to admire it from the wrought-iron bridge – and there’s even a burbling waterfall. Within the wider estate lies a winter garden and North American style prairie with tall grasses. Recent investment means the newly reopened Cambo Garden shop is now double the size with a wide variety of cut flowers, plants and gifts for sale.