Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden

Botanical garden

A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...

 in the Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...

. It is located just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross

Wester Ross

is a western area of Ross and Cromarty in Scotland, notably containing the villages on the west coast such as:* Lochcarron* Applecross* Shieldaig* Torridon* Kinlochewe * * * Aultbea* Laide* Ullapool* Achiltibuie...

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The garden was created in 1862 by Osgood Mackenzie

Osgood Mackenzie

Osgood Hanbury Mackenzie was a Scottish landowner and the creator of a famous garden at Inverewe, near Poolewe in Wester Ross.-Origins:...

 on the 850 hectares (2,100.4 acre) estate bought for him by his mother. The original Inverewe Lodge was destroyed by fire in 1914 and replaced in 1937 by the current Inverewe House. The Garden covers some 20 hectares (49.4 acre) and has over 2,500 exotic plants and flowers. There is a further 2,000 acres of land managed for recreation and conservation. The garden and estate has been the property of the National Trust for Scotland

National Trust for Scotland

The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust for Scotland describes itself as the conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotland's natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to...

since it was gifted to the Trust along with a generous endowment for its future upkeep by Osgood's daughter Mairi Sawyer in 1952.

The Garden continues to be developed by the small but dedicated Garden team and is a riot of colour from April through to late Autumn. In the Spring Inverewe is celebrated for its Rhododendron collection which begin flowering in January and carry through most of the year. In Summer the Walled Garden and borders come into their own with many exotic pants from all over the world which grow here thanks to the influence of the North Atlantic drift ( Gulf Stream). Even in winter Inverewe is colourful as the bark of many Rhododendrons is beautifully and delicately coloured and the collection of native and non-native trees add to the variety.

Inverewe remains one the Highland's treasures enjoyed by over 73k annual visitors.

Inverewe Garden is open all year with visitor facilities available April to November.

External links

• Inverewe Garden information at the National Trust of Scotland
• Friends of Inverewe
• Inverewe Garden — Treasure of Britain
• Inverewe Garden — About Scotland
• Inverewe Garden — Gardens-Scotland
• Inverewe Garden — Undiscovered Scotland
• Inverewe Garden — Na Fir Chlis Guest House
• Inverewe Garden — AboutBritain.com