Visit Abriachan Garden & Nursery
Beauty and tranquility in this woodland garden and plant nursery set by the shores of Loch Ness.
Welcome to our gardens
We’ve spent 40 years gardening this woodland overlooking the loch. Terraced beds built from glacial rocks climb into the hazel woods, planted with a collection of unusual trees, shrubs and perennials, many from our Southern Hemisphere travels. A rambling plant enthusiast’s garden with a wild edge.
Explore the woodland gardens for yourself
Discover scented, seasonal plantings, historical treasures, and wildlife in this garden set in ancient hazel woodland amidst huge, old oaks. Gardeners Donald, Margaret, and Hamish welcome you to Abriachan garden and nursery.
Seasonal showstoppers
Take home plants for your own garden
Browse old primulas and auriculas, dry garden plants for our changing climate, shady woodland gems, New Zealand and Falkland Island collections, and unusual grasses and perennials that thrive in Scottish conditions in our nursery.
On the shores of Loch Ness
We’re on the A82 between Inverness and Drumnadrochit. Drive nine miles out of Inverness, you’ll find us a quarter of a mile after the turn off up to Abriachan.
Wildlife & history
Catch us at a market.
Almost every weekend, we’re at a local market somewhere in the Highlands. Come say hi to Hamish and get some gorgeous plants.
Meet the gardeners.
We’re the Davidsons, and we’ve been building this garden and this plant collection for more than 40 years.
“We stayed to enjoy a leisurely wander around the marvelous gardens. On a challenging site, steeply sloping above Loch Ness, there is wonderful planting to see and so many interesting trees, shrubs and plants. It's the result of 40 years of hard work ...”
— June, 2022
