***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Logan Botanic Garden 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Logan Botanic Garden Last Modified: 19-04-2012 Garden ID: 0041 pic: 0041_LoganBotanicGdns.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Address: Port Logan Stranraer Wigtownshire, Dumfries & Galloway Postcode: DG9 9ND County: Scotland tel: 01776 860231 fax: 01776 860333 website: www.rbge.org.uk email: logan //at// rbge.org.uk English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: 15th Mar - 31st Oct; 7 days a week; 10am - 6pm. Closes Mar & Oct at 5pm and Feb at 4pm. Open Sundays in Feb for Scottish Snowdrop Festival Extended autumn opening for Christmas Shopping every weekend in November, 11am - 4pm, free admission Best Times of Year to Visit: Spring and summer months. To see: Exotic, bizarre and beautiful plants from the Southern hemisphere. National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: Spring Bank Holiday (SGS) Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: no Comments: Admission Prices: Adult £5, Concession £4; Child £1; Over 60s £4; Family £10. Group discounts and membership programme available. Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Discovery Centre. See website for details of events: www.rbge.org.uk/logan Features: Scotland's most exotic garden. Southern hemisphere plants. Designer: Description of Garden: Logan's exceptionally mild climate allows a colourful array of tender plants to thrive out-of-doors. Amongst the many highlights are tree ferns, cabbage palms, unusual shrubs, climbers and tender perennials found within the setting of the walled, water, terrace and woodland gardens. History: Local Inns: in Port Logan. Accomodation: Blinkbonnie Guest House, Portpatrick Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: 14 miles south of Stranraer.