Lulu’s Garden Review – Logan Botanic Garden

Sunday, 15 September 2013

Hello everyone. It’s been hard work writing these blogs – it takes lots of research and practical work you know! So, after a few of my winning smiles I persuaded M& D that I needed a holiday! We are lucky that my Grandma & Grandpa have a cottage on the West Coast of Scotland we can use so we packed our bags and headed off for a few days of “rest”! We did lots of fun things on holiday including going to the Heads of Ayr Farm Park (1) with my BFF Euan and we also went to Portpatrick (2). One of the things we like to do on holiday is visit nice gardens. In this part of the country we are spoilt for choice – from the grandeur of Culzean to the relaxing haven of Glenwhan there is something to suit everyone. My personal favourite is Logan Botanic Garden which is south of Stranraer. It is filled with lots of beautiful things to see. I know you are busy people so instead of boring you with lots of plant names and the history (I’ll leave that for M&D to do!) I have decided to tell you my story of Logan in some lovely photos…

Tree ferns are one of the main features of Logan Botanic Garden

A lot of the plants at Logan are exotic. These aeoniums look almost alien!

A lot of the plants at Logan are exotic as it is located in the Gulf Stream. These aeoniums look almost alien!

More exotics – this time lots of Cannas in full flower. The mild temperatures at Logan make exotic planting possible.

Wow – what a lovely long path round the Walled Garden to explore. This part is packed with all sorts of pretty flowers.

Tree ferns take a while to grow big (unlike me) – here lots have been planted out for the future.

I love trees. And there are some wonderful types in Logan. Here I am looking at a big old Eucalyptus

Hmmm, I wonder why the common name for Kniphofia is Red Hot Pokers?

Taking a moment to admire the carp pond

The gunnera jungle is a great place to explore

“Bug”ingham Palace – haha!

I love sniffing flowers and the mopheads on these Hydrangeas were spectacular

If you have been to visit a garden that was really nice I would love to hear about it and maybe one day I could go there too.

Read our blogs of other gardens to visit in the area:

Glenwhan Gardens

Castle Kennedy Gardens

Lulu

1. Head of Ayr Farm Park is a wonderful day out for the family. It has lots of animals to see as well as fun things to play on, both indoors and out. It’s also close to the Electric Brae which is weird!

2. Portpatrick is a pretty harbour village south of Stranraer. We love the putting green there. On this visit M&D got three holes in one between them but I can’t possibly say who got the most…