Logan Botanic Garden

About Logan Botanic Garden

Logan Botanic Garden sits near the village of Port Logan on the Rhins of Galloway, about 14 miles south of Stranraer. The garden was established in 1869, gifted to the nation about a century later, and became a regional garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1969.

Washed by the Gulf Stream, this corner of south-west Scotland has an almost subtropical climate. That lets Logan grow plants that would struggle elsewhere in the country, many of them from the southern hemisphere, and gives the garden a distinctly exotic character.

What to see

• Walled Garden: palms, tree ferns and tender exotics around a fish pond with water lilies.
• Gunnera and eucalyptus: large stands of giant gunnera and groves of eucalyptus.
• Logan Conservatory: a Victorian-style glasshouse of tender South African plants, described by the garden as the first all-green glasshouse in the UK.
• Aeonium border: a striking display of succulents, near the Butia capitata palm.

Planning your visit

Logan is off the A716 and B7065, south of Stranraer. Parking for cars and coaches is free, and there are bicycle racks. The Potting Shed café serves soups, sandwiches and home baking; from April to August it is for garden visitors only, while in autumn it is open to all. An access guide is available from the RBGE website. The garden is closed through the winter, though it has opened for snowdrop weekends in February.