VisitScotland has prepared a portfolio of trade-ready garden experiences that showcase Scotland’s gardening excellence and heritage, ideally suited to coach groups.

The listing of gardens includes the classic, from Backhouse Rossie Estate Walled Garden near Auchtermuchty in Fife, through to the more unusual, such as The Japanese Garden at Cowden (Sha Raku En), Clackmannanshire.

On the Isle of Bute, Mount Stuart spans 300 acres and blends Victorian design with globally significant collections, while Spring brings rhododendron and magnolia displays across woodlands that run to the sea shore.

Other noted entries include The National Trust for Scotland’s Inverewe Garden & Estate. Located on a peninsula above Loch Ewe, Inverewe is a garden of experimentation where the warming Gulf Stream allows exotic plants to flourish in one of Scotland’s most northerly corners. Visitors can look up at California redwoods, and join wildlife boat trips from the garden jetty in season.

Read VisitScotland’s Springtime in Scotland’s gardens article here.