National Collections and Heather Gardens

If you are planning a heather garden, why not visit the National Collection or a Heather Garden open to the public, where better to make your choice ?

National Reference Collections

Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, Surrey, England

Over 800 cultivars can be found growing in nine large beds. A key to location of the cultivars has been sited at the entrance to help identification. A copy of this key is on sale in the bookshop on site. The garden is open all year.
heather garden at Wisley

Other National Collections are being planned for Northern California, USA and Victoria, Australia.

Heather Gardens open to the public

Cherrybank Gardens, Perth, Scotland

Sadly this National Collection was closed on the 31 March 2008 but it hoped the Gardens can be saved and will be saved in 2009.

Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England

Landscaped heather beds in the public gardens. Open all year.

The Garden at The Bannut

2½ acres of formal and informal gardens featuring heathers is set in the beautiful Hereford countryside with lovely views to the Malvern Hills.. Open May to September.