Garden related places to visit in the Scottish Borders
Dawyck Botanic Garden, Stobo
Near Peebles, Scottish Borders, EH45 9JU
The Garden is open daily, 1 February – 30 November
- February and November: 10.00am – 4.00pm
- March and October: 10.00am – 5.00pm
- April to September: 10.00am – 6.00pm
(Last entry one hour before the Garden closes.)
Admission
Adult* £6.50, Concession* £5.50, Children Free*, Essential Carers Free.
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Little Sparta
Stonypath, Dunsyre ML11 8NG
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s greatest work of art. Imbued with a high idea content, the garden is created from the artistic fusion of poetic and sculptural elements with those of the natural landscape which is shaped and changed to become an inherent part of the concepts realised at Little Sparta.
Opening Times
It is open to the public in June, July, August and September on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoons, 2:30-5pm.
Admission £10
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Whitmuir The Organic Place, Gallery & Quercus Plants
Whitmuir Farm, West Linton, Edinburgh EH46 7BB
With a Farm Shop, an Art Gallery, a cafe and a garden centre, as well as signposted walks around the grounds to see the animals, this place has it all.
Open Daily 10am-5pm
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