Crarae Garden

Tranquil woodland garden with Himalayan plants and tumbling waterfalls

Overview

A path leads over a narrow footbridge in the wooded gorge area of Crarae Garden.

Overview

Discover Britain’s finest example of a Himalayan-style garden - although no yetis have been spotted to date!
Explore this peaceful paradise with its gorge, rippling burn, waterfalls and cliffs.
Enjoy spectacular year-round displays as each season brings new blooms.
Relax in this living horticultural museum of Edwardian tastes.

Today’s Opening Hours

Garden: 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
Visitor Centre, shop and café: 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)

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Entry prices

Adult: £8.00
Concession: £6.00
Family: £19.50
One adult family: £13.50

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Membership

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Purple flowers next to a wooden bridge in Crarae Garden
Small waterfall surrounded by trees in Crarae Garden
The bamboo tunnel in Crarae Garden
Towering trees can be found throughout Crarae Garden

About this place

This exotic splash of wilderness is a Himalayan-style glen, set in the gentle hills of Argyll.

The sparkling waters of the Crarae Burn form the centrepiece for a woody paradise of rocky gorges, wooden bridges and thickets of maple, birch and evergreens, blending with sprays of flowers.

Crarae Garden was created in 1912 by Lady Grace Campbell, the aunt of intrepid plant hunter Reginald Farrer, who sourced trees and shrubs from China, Nepal and Tibet.

The garden hosts an amazingly varied collection of trees, some champions of their species, and a National Collection of southern beech.