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Garden Name: Arduaine Garden
Last Modified: 19/01/2011
Garden ID: 0484

pic: 0484_Arduaine.jpg

Owner: National Trust for Scotland
Address:
Arduaine
By Oban
Argyll & Bute
Postcode: PA34 4XQ
County: Scotland

tel: 0844 493 2216
fax: 
website: www.nts.org.uk/Property/6
email: mwilkins {at} nts.org.uk

Features: 
Many ponds with aquatic and moisture-loving plants 
Extensive perennial collection extending well into the autumn

English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
All year; 7 days a week; 9.30am - sunset
Reception Centre: 1st Apr- 30th Sept; daily; 9.30am - 4.30pm.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Spring
Summer & autumn

To see: 
Rhododendrons, azaleas
Late perennials, ferns and water plants

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: SGS days

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: no
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £5.50; Concession £4.50; Family £15; Family (1 parent) £10; School group £2. Adult Group (20+) £4.50pp
Please use Honesty Box from 1st Oct - 30th Mar.' with 'All tickets between 1st October and 31st March from the adjacent Loch Melfort Hotel please.

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No
Teas: No
Refreshments: No
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: Yes
Only on Lead: Yes
Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Lunches, teas & light refreshments at Loch Melfort Hotel adjoining.


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
A fairly mild coastal garden 20 miles south of Oban in Argyll. It has a wonderful collection of rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, camellias and many other trees and shrubs. There is also an extensive range of perennials 
and water plants and a large collection of ferns.


History: 
The gardens were begun in 1898 and developed by three generations of Campbells. The property was bought in 1971 by the two Wright brothers from Essex, who restored the garden and presented it to the National Trust for Scotland in 1992

Local Inns: 
Tigh-an-Truish, Clachan-Seil, (12m. S. of Oban)

Accomodation: 
Loch Melfort Hotel
Lerags House, Lerags by Oban
Glenburnie Private Hotel, Oban

Restaurants: 
The Shower of Herring', Melfort Club, 
'The Lord of the Isles', Craobh Haven, 
'The Melfort Mermaid', Melfort Pier, 
'Kilmartin Museum', Kilmartin

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Oban - 20 miles