Park / Botanical GardensAchamore Gardens

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Address Gigha
Gigha
PA41 7AD

Telephone: +44(1583)505254

Fax: +44(1583)505244

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weetoon(45)
Ecosse, United Kingdom

96%

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[weetoon, 07/12/2007] Achamore Gardens were started by Sir James Horlicks (of malted drink fame) in 1945. After his death, they were in the care of the National Trust, but since the community buy-out, the Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust owns them. A nice short stroll away from the ferry terminal the gardens are very luxuriant, thanks to the clemency of the climate on the island. They are famed particularly for their extensive collection of rhododendrons. If you go in spring, you will be assailed by a palette of vivid or subtle colours that would keep a Monet painting for many years. But let me start at the start. T [more]

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In 1994, Sir James Horlick "of the well-known beverage" purchased the island and one of his legacies was the conversion of "some deciduous woodland" into "one of the finest gardens" in this part of Scotland. It contains "many rare species", some of which had been gathered originally for "his garden near Ascot". Some of the original trees were preserved and rhododendrons (among which the "famous Horlick hybrids") were added as well as "various sub-tropical plants". Hamish Haswell-Smith recalls how Sir James would survey his gardens on his "dragon-caparisoned motorized tricycle". The author [more]