Tough and beautiful plants
grown in the Scottish Highlands
Welcome
Site Updated 30/11/2018
We are a family-run retail plant nursery.
We have been growing and selling an extremely wide selection
of plants here in the beautiful and rugged Scottish Highlands
since 1979.
We have for sale:
Alpines, Bedding Plants, Bulbs, Dwarf Conifers, Ferns, Grasses,
Heathers, Herbs, House Plants, Perennials, Shrubs, And a few
Trees.
The majority of our plants are grown on site with care and love
by Ben and Lesley Rushbrooke.
We are not a Garden Centre, so no tearoom or gift shop, all our
effort goes into producing top quality and excellent value plants.
We offer an unmatched range of plants suitable for the West
Coast of Scotland.
© Garden Cottage Nursery, 2018
Founder of the nursery Ron Rushbrooke now
sells second hand books through the internet,
on ebay and from Ron’s Book Bothy upstairs in
Poolewe Village Hall above his daughter
Alison’s Button Bothy jewellery studio.
Ron’s Books can be found on ABE Books and
at his ebay Store.
Opening Times
10am to 6pm. Monday to Saturday.
March to Late October or by appointment.
We are near Poolewe in Wester Ross, in the
remote & beautiful North West Highlands of
Scotland and 2kms north of the world
renowned Inverewe Gardens.
See our directions page for details of how to
get here.
What We Grow
The prevailing conditions in our area is lots of
salty wind, high rainfall and fairly mild but long
winters, as well as lots of poor, shallow, highly
acidic peaty soils.
‘Conventional’ gardening difficult here and
there is little readily available information on
how to grow plants in our conditions. So we
have written several informational pieces to
help customers choose the right plants.
Markets
Throughout the warmer months Lesley has a
stall at various local markets:
Poolewe Tuesday Market - Every Tuesday in
Poolewe Hall (also with salad & books).
Ullapool Market -
Generally fortnightly,
plus some extra weeks, on Saturdays, in front
of the Seaforth Hotel.
Lochcarron Producers Day - in Lochcarron
Village Hall the last Friday of each month.
If you want Lesley to bring you a particular
plant e-mail or phone ahead on 01445781777
Find Us On Facebook
Click the logo to see our Facebook page.
Lesley will try to post to it fairly regularly to let
everyone know what were up to.
Closed for the winter
After half hot and dry half wet season we are
now closed for the winter. If you have an
urgent need for some plants give us a ring
on 01445 781777, if not we’ll see you in
March!
Christmas Decorations
We make Christmas decorations for trees,
tables and mantlepieces from wood and
other natural materials and nearer Christmas
Lesley makes fresh wreathes and table
centrepieces. These will be available from
the the Button Bothy in Poolewe Hall from
the start of December until Christmas Eve,
11am-4pm.
We will also be at these Christmas markets:
Poolewe Hall - Fri 30th Nov 4pm-8pm
Poolewe Hall - Sat 8th Dec 10am-2:30pm
Wreathes and Table Decorations: