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1 property with a hickory golf course
2 palace gardens
3 types of collection; historical, horticultural, botanical
4 alpine plant collections
5 arboretums
6 centuries of gardening history
7 hundred acres under garden cultivation
8 gardens associated with famous Scots
9 castles with gardens
10 thistle camps in and around gardens

11 sensory gardens
12 vegetable gardens
13 gardens with plants named after them
14 glasshouses
16 or more gardens with water features
17 NCCPG collections
18 gardens with statuary
1.9 million visitors to the gardens each year
20 gardens with holiday accommodation

21 gardens and houses offering guided tours
22 different mammals and amphibians recorded
      in the gardens
23 gardens offering refreshments
24 gardens selling plants, seeds or fresh produce
25 gardens with houses adjoined
26 different types of buildings or structures
27 gardens with walks to follow
28 gardens with picnic sites
29 head gardeners

31 gardens hosting major events
32 gardens affording wheelchair access
33 countries visited by Scottish plant hunters
35 gardens, maybe more, with bats colonies
36 member centres supporting various properties and gardens
37 different types of events
38 plant types with garden names in them
39 years, the length of time the longest serving gardener
      has been with the Trust

40 thousand annuals planted and dug up every year
41 different planting themes

51 gardens and designed landscapes
52 weeks of the year gardens open
53 thousand taxa in the collections
57 .8 degrees latitude of Inverewe garden, the same as           Hudson’s Bay in Canada
58 full time gardeners

60 years of owning and managing gardens

 

Rustic Bench
Rustic Bench

Inverewe pot detail
Inverewe pot detail
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Conservation of Plants and
Gardens (NCCPG)

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Royal Botanic Garden
Edinburgh (RBGE)

Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Scotland`s Gardens Scheme
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)