Need to know

● Size Approximately eight acres of hillside garden on the edge of Loch Linnhe with views across to Glencoe and Ben Nevis ● Altitude Some 200ft above sea level ● Soil Rich alluvial soil in front of the house, but just a thin layer of peat in the main part of the garden. Where there is soil, it’s very acidic ● Climate 120in–130in of rain a year: ‘not as bad as Fort William’. Frosts are infrequent, but ‘wind is the main enemy of the big-leaved rhododendrons—if they lose their leaves, they die’