AUCHENDEAN LODGE HOTEL
Dulnain Bridge, Inverness-shire. PH26 3LU
Highlands of Scotland UK
tel/fax #44 (0) 1479 851 347
e-mail: hotel@auchendean.com

Gardens
Inverewe - The National Trust for Scotland's Garden on the west Coast. A special day out in good weather. A unique garden created in a wilderness with the help of wind breaks, the warm Gulf Stream, and thousands of tons of top soil. Some plants for sale.
Dochfor on Lochness-side. Quiet position looking down to the Loch.
Cawdor Castle - Walled mature garden.
Brodie Castle and gardens. Superb daffodils in April and early May.
Glen Grant Distillery restored Victorian garden.

Alpine Nurseries
Adfearn at Bunchrew by Loch Ness. Maybe see the seals on the beach if the tide's out.
Jack Drakes at Inverdruie by Aviemore.

Other Nurseries and Garden Centres
Speyside Heather and Garden Centre - round the corner from Auchendean. Specialising in heathers, but other plants - and gifts - are available.
Abriachan Herbs and Herbaceous Plants, on Loch Ness.
Christies at Forres. A wide range of plants.

Plants
Rare Plants in Curr Wood, a mature, naturally regenerated Scots Pine wood behind the hotel are:

The Twin Flower, (Linnaea borealis) Named after Carl von Linne, the Swedish botanist who developed the nomenclature system used for all plants. Curr Wood is accessible from the back of the hotel and contains the greatest number (43) of botanically diverse Twin Flower in Scotland. There are only 18 records of this plant in the rest of the country. The flowering takes place in mid June to July.

Creeping Ladies Tresses (Goodyera repens) the creeping miniature orchid.
Chickweed Wintergreen (Trientalis europaea) Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Heather in the early autumn. First the Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) flowers, then Cross-Leaved Heath (Erica tetralix) and lastly the most common, Ling, (Calluna vulgaris).

Auchendean's own 1.5 acre Gardens

Full of hundreds of daffodils in many different varieties and other spring flowers, then colour all year long with a small golf course and stunning views throughout. The garden merges naturally with Curr Wood. (Except for the deer fence!)

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