Thank you for writing a review - it's always appreciated! Arduaine is generally quite a sheltered place considering its location on the west coast, except when we are hit from an unusual direction - we suffered an easterly gale a week before Easter this year which brought down several big trees and created a great deal of mess. It's been... More

We love having children here at Arduaine so it's very rewarding when visitors such as yourselves find our Kids' Guide useful! We've even had adults borrowing a copy and returning to say how much they've learnt from it! My daughter did a lot of the early work on this and it's been modified and expanded over the years. At the... More

Glad to hear that you enjoyed your visit. Yes, we do have a good rhododendron species collection, more extensive than is often realised. We have a particularly good number of Maddenia species and hybrids, those tender scented plants more often seen under glass in this country, but which all survive outside here. I am hoping to be able to explain... More

It's been a slow spring this year but in spite of the still cool weather things are getting into their stride now. Rhododendrons and camellias are flowering well and magnolias just about to burst! Visitors are often caught out by the fact that we are an early garden in spite of our northerly location - it's being north-west that counts!... More

Well Rootsie, thank you for your review! Spring is certainly taking its time in showing itself this year and conditions have changed considerably since your recent visit. It looks as though we're in for a period of rain which is so desperately needed - something we don't often say here! Soon, I hope, the garden will take on a more... More

Thank you very much for taking the time to send a review! I'm glad that you enjoyed your visit and hope you will come back another time. It's not been the easiest spring so far - a heavy frost on 11th March put paid to the many rhododendrons that were taking a chance and flowering early and then an easterly... More

So glad that you enjoyed your visit to Arduaine Garden. Strangely we've had one of the mildest and driest winters on record - except for a shock minus 7.5 degrees a couple of weekends ago, which unfortunately rather did for all the wonderful rhododendrons which were unwisely flowering very early this year! Not to worry - there are plenty more... More

Always good to hear that someone has enjoyed their visit to Arduaine! The garden may be at its best in the spring but we have a plant collection that flowers right through until autumn and beyond - we have several rhododendrons in flower right now, 18th January, in spite of frost and a biting cold wind! Please do come back... More

I'm glad you managed to visit Arduaine on public transport - it can be done! I once tried to persuade West Coast Motors to extend their open top bus service to Arduaine and possibly on to Kilmartin, but they told me that it was not possible for a number of reasons. I hope you thought it worth your while to... More