Gardens · Central Scotland
Dawyck Botanic Garden
Dawyck Botanic Garden — botanical garden in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Dawyck Botanic Garden is a public garden in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "botanical garden in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.6031°, -3.3231°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Dawyck Botanic Garden is a botanic garden and arboretum covering 25 hectares (62 acres) at Stobo on the B712, 8 miles (13 kilometres) south-west of Peebles in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, OS ref. NT168352. The garden is situated in the Upper Tweed Valley, a National Scenic Area and is open 1 February - 30 November. Dawyck, with Logan Botanic Garden (near Stranraer) and Benmore Botanic Garden (near Dunoon), is an outpost or Regional Garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE).
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Background
History
The name is also given as 'Dawic', and 'Dauwic' in circa 1200. It may derive from the Gaelic for an ox and the Old English 'wic' for a camp or dwelling. The Veitch family planted the garden at Dawyck House in the 17th century until the Naesmith family took over in 1691. Sir John Murray Naesmith supported plant-hunting expeditions, especially those undertaken by the explorer and plant hunter David Douglas (1799–1834). In 1897 the Balfour family acquired the Dawyck Estate, and in 1978 they gave the Garden to the Royal Botanic Garden, with the exception of Dawyck House and chapel which remain in private use. The private Dawyck Chapel, built in 1837, sits on the site of the ancient Dalwick…
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- Coordinates
- 55.6031, -3.3231
- District
- Scottish Borders
- Postcode
- EH45 9JU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- Official site
- www.rbge.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1971774 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dawyck Botanic Garden (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Scrape Burn, Dawyck Botanic Gardens.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dawyck Botanic Garden?
- Dawyck Botanic Garden is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH45 9JU).
- Who owns Dawyck Botanic Garden?
- Dawyck Botanic Garden is owned by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
- How do I get to Dawyck Botanic Garden?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH45 9JU. It sits within the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale parliamentary constituency.
- How busy is Dawyck Botanic Garden?
- Dawyck Botanic Garden draws around 33,507 visitors a year.