Head for the Snowdrop Festival at Arduaine

Things are looking up. From 1st February until 16th March the National Trust for Scotland’s lovely Arduaine Gardens, near Loch Melfort south of Oban, are taking part in VisitScotland’s Snowdrop Festival.

Arduaine, open all year-round, is famed for its collection of exotic plants but many hold the snowdrop, which Arduaine has in abundance, the most beautiful of all. The garden’s west coast location gives it the benefit of a warmer climate that can produce the early snowdrop sightings that lift the spirits at this time of year.

To contact the gardens direct, phone 0844 493 2216.

The photograph – of the snowdrop, or Galanthus Nivalis – is licensed under Wikipedia Commons and this is considered one of its finest images.