Houses & gardens in HighlandHighland, Scotland

Fairytale French-style castle above the sea near Golspie, with formal parterres modelled on Versailles and daily falconry.

Fairytale turreted castle of Macbeth fame with three walled gardens and woodland nature trails.

Five acres of formal and woodland gardens around the ancient MacLeod seat on Skye's north-west coast.

Ruined castle and 40 acres of gardens and woodland in Sleat, home to the Clan Donald centre and museum.

Victorian house on Canna holding the Campbell Gaelic folklore archive, in National Trust care.

The late Queen Mother's northern home near John o' Groats, with a sheltered walled Great Garden by the Pentland Firth.

Thatched cottage and Georgian house in Cromarty telling the story of the pioneering geologist and writer Hugh Miller.

Famous subtropical garden on the shores of Loch Ewe, warmed by the Gulf Stream far up the north-west coast.

Wild hillside garden and nursery high above Loch Ness, packed with native and exotic plants amid woodland and loch views.

Restored 18th-century walled kitchen garden supplying its own cafe-restaurant near Applecross village.

Twenty acres of woodland, water and Japanese-inspired gardens against a Wester Ross mountain backdrop.

Grand Victorian terraced gardens with clipped yews, a long water canal and walled kitchen garden beside Loch Dochfour.

The UK's most northerly botanic garden, with tropical and cactus glasshouses, outdoor beds and a café, free to enter.

Forestry arboretum of specimen conifers and broadleaves with waymarked trails near Braemore.

National Trust for Scotland woodland garden on the Balmacara Estate, with ferns, rhododendrons and shore paths beside Loch Alsh.

Long-established organic herb nursery on the Black Isle growing hundreds of culinary, medicinal and aromatic varieties.