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Description
The Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in the Scottish Highlands. It is extremely popular for size of its plant collection, which includes many exotic plants from all over the world which grow here thanks to the influence of the North Atlantic current and as a result, the garden is always blooming, even in species of the most delicate flowers.

In the first shot of the film we watch a narrow but long waterfall in between imposing rocks.

Afterwards we see a part of the garden, where there are some buildings, which host a museum and a gallery, as well as some benches for the visitors to rest.

In the next shot and by the end of the film, we take a tour of the incredibly wide variety of beautiful, domestic and exotic, rare flowers, from simple daisies and hydrangeas to water lilies and rhododendrons.

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Holder
Bonar, Andrew Graham

Quality
HD (1440x1080)

Sound
Yes

Color
Yes

Duration (seconds)
78

Format
Super 8mm

Creator's description


We seem to have left the wild Highlands behind us. Here at Inverewe is a most extraordinary example of the triumph of man over nature. For here are the famous gardens founded by Osgood Mackenzie. The climate here is surprisingly mild, and Mackenzie knew that if only the land could be sheltered from the strong winds a great variety of plants could be grown successfully. But how to provide that shelter? Mackenzie planted a screen of trees and then waited patiently for several years until they afforded sufficient shelter to protect the plants he wanted. Now you can see here a magnificent selection of exotic flowers and bushes from many parts of the world.
Bonar, Andrew Graham