About Inverness Botanic Gardens
BUGHT LANE, INVERNESS, IV3 5SS
These wonderful gardens are an oasis of calm and beauty, within walking distance of Inverness city centre.
Entry is Free but donations are always welcome.
Last entry to the Gardens is 1 /2 hour before closing.
Inverness Botanic Gardens Description
With each new season the outside gardens are an explosion of colour and texture, and borders are planted to demonstrate a wide variety of plants and growing conditions. The impressive glasshouses reveal the drama of plant diversity ranging from the tropical rainforests to arid, heat scorched desert.
In the Tropical House which mimics the hot, humid tropical regions of the world, the plantings are a mixture of the familiar and the spectacular. Some of our most popular houseplants derive from the rainforests, and can be seen growing alongside important economic crops such as coffee. A waterfall cascades into a pond filled with friendly Koi carp, surrounded by showy tender plants such as bougainvillea, bird of paradise plants and orchids.
In the adjoining cactus house, the amazing sculptural shapes of hundreds of species of cacti are planted among 75 tonnes of rock and it is a stunning reminder of the beauty of these plants which survive in the harshest of environments.
The outside gardens are sheltered by a high stone wall and are richly planted with display beds, trees, shrubs, herbs and herbaceous borders. Our younger visitors enjoy discovering the wooden carvings such as teddy bears and meerkats peeping out from among the plants.
Summer Hours (April through October) are 10am to 5pm
Last entry to the gardens at 4. 30pm
Winter Hours (End October / November through March) are 10am to 4pm
Last entry to the Gardens at 3. 30pm
Plants are available for sale on site.
All outdoor plants and many houseplants are grown by us or sourced locally.
Inverness Botanic Gardens are managed by High Life Highland.
“High Life Highland is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland No. SC407011 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC042593”
Reviews
Next time you are in to visit, take your time as you wander around the tropical house, there are so many hidden delights.
Does anyone else love the leaves on this Monstera deliciosa?(Swiss cheese plant)
Can't wait to see the promotional video from "Dancing with Mike and Katy" They were in today to film in the Tropical House.
Happy Valentines Day!!!
What about a gift that keeps on giving... a lovely plant instead of a bunch of flowers ❤️🌷❤️
The foiliage on this Caladium is perfect!!!
We are delighted to announce that we have a resident photographer coming in to the Gardens once a week, so keep an eye out for some of her amazing photographs.
"My name is Laura MacPherson and I am currently studying Contemporary Art at the UHI. At the moment I am on a placement at the Inverness Botanical Gardens. I focus my work on the structures within plants and how they go unrecognised. Whilst architecture is recognised nationally and all over the world, despite nature's influence on architecture.The aim of my photography is to highlight this and how these exist within nature."
Come and visit our cactii house, we have some beautiful blooms on show just now.
Thanks to Janis from Coast Candle Co. for running this amazing workshop here on Saturday. Looking forward to the next one already ❤️❤️❤️
Loving the small splash of colour that is starting to pop up around the gardens.
Some more spectacular blooms from our tropical house.
We have some new mini Baby Dotty hanging planters in petrol blue and smokey grey. They sit perfectly with the original in turquoise...why not get all three and make a feature with the set!
We have some lovely new plants, just in today, available to buy.
We are working hard down in the GROW project to get the vegetable beds ready for growing. #GROWprojectInverness
We have more Jerusalem Artichokes available if you want to grab some before they are all gone!!
Come along to this fantastic day and stock up on a wide variety of seed potatoes.
Sometimes the smallest flowers are the prettiest.