Cambo Gardens
The Stables Visitor Centre, Cambo, Kingsbarns, Fife, KY16 8QD
In the winter, Cambo comes into its own with its pleasing and interesting mixture of meandering woodland walks and late-season naturalistic plantings. The real highlight for visitors is several vibrant winter gardens designed to showcase the National Snowdrop Collection. Cambo’s snowdrop collection is complimented by a series of winter gardens showcasing seasonal bulbs, wonderful winter interest trees, shrubs and textured plantings. The early flowering snowdrops bloom from late autumn, many in flower in December, ultimately reaching crescendo for the Scottish Snowdrop Festival in February and March 2019.
Adjacent to the woodland gardens, which leads to the sea, Cambo’s walled garden and recently renovated range of Alitex glasshouses are impressive. The well-planted, 2.5-acre walled garden with its diverse topography allows visitors to enjoy enchanting views from many different areas of the gardens. Ethereal vistas through the late season naturalistic grassy plantings add delightfully to the winter interest, with frosty seeds charming visitors with their offerings. In the winter months, the roaring waterfall of the Cambo burn within the walled garden is beautifully framed by a giant weeping willow, charming tea house and ironclad bridges.
The recent restoration of Cambo’s historic stables, dating from the 1760s, has created a vibrant new visitor hub including a cosy café, an ethically-sourced shop featuring many local suppliers and regular innovative exhibitions. Cambo’s plant sale shop expands during the winter months, allowing visitors to enjoy a mixture of bulbs and shrubs showcased in the garden. The mail-order snowdrop business is also run from the buildings, supplying Cambo’s accredited snowdrop, snowflake, aconite and wild garlic bulbs ‘in the green’ to customers throughout the UK.
Managed by Cambo Heritage Trust, the gardens support a new generation of trainees, volunteers and modern apprentices in horticulture, who all add youth, energy and innovation to the all-season gardens, resulting in a dynamic and evolving horticultural experience for visitors.
Website: www.camboheritagetrust.org.uk
Telephone: 01333 451040
Admission costs: £5.50 for adults, children and carers go free. RHS members free entry on Wednesdays. All visitors to Cambo Gardens can enjoy half price entry during December.
Opening Hours: Everyday 10am-5pm
Garden of the Week is in association with Discover Scottish Gardens. For more information, advice and day-out ideas, visit discoverscottishgardens.org
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