A long-form Scotland route linking public gardens with especially atmospheric redwood plantings, from lochside designed landscapes in the south-west to botanic and Highland gardens further north.
Lochside designed landscape with mature sequoias
Botanic garden stop in the Scottish Borders
Stobo · Scottish Borders
Dawyck Botanic Garden is a renowned arboretum in a Scottish Borders glen, where trees and shrubs from around the world thrive in a continental climate. The garden is especially noted for seasonal displays, conifer interest, and a strong collection that includes giant sequoias.
Highland garden with exceptionally tall sequoias
Aberfeldy · Perthshire
A remarkable private garden in Highland Perthshire with some of the finest giant sequoias in Scotland, including one of the tallest specimens in the country. Cluny House sits in dramatic Highland scenery and the sequoias here have grown to extraordinary size in the sheltered valley position.
Benmore's celebrated giant sequoia avenue
Dunoon · Argyll and Bute
Home to one of the most impressive giant sequoia avenues in Britain. Planted in 1863 from seeds brought directly from California, the avenue of over a hundred sequoias creates a cathedral-like approach to the garden. The trees are now among the tallest in Scotland.
A starter route linking publicly accessible redwood places, from village avenues and historic parks to gardens and woodland sites.
A public route linking Forestry England sites where redwoods and allied conifers make the main visit memorable, from New Forest avenues to major arboreta in Gloucestershire, Kent, and Norfolk.
A south-west England route through public estates and gardens where Victorian planting and mild climate have produced memorable redwood stops across Devon, Somerset, and Dorset.
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