About Bennybeg

Bennybeg Nursery is a gardener's garden centre where the focus is on plants and the staff are people with horticultural backgrounds .

We care enormously about plants, understanding their needs and caring for them as living things. Our instincts are to nurture plants rather than see them simply as a trading commodity.

We care about customers too, of course, and many have become good friends. It's always a pleasure to pass on knowledge to customers and see new enthusiasm for gardening grow in folk who previously had little interest.

And we enjoy sharing the pleasure of experienced gardeners when they find things here that they can't find elsewhere.

When you visit, we think you'll agree that Bennybeg - both nursery and surroundings - somehow just has a good feel to it!

David, Jim McKirdy
of Beachgrove Garden and Julia.

Davids father
Richard "Steele" Howe
at Woodside Nursery 1958.

Julia

Qualified in Horticulture from The Scottish Agricultural College. She worked as technical representative in turf and professional horticulture; Propagator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh and a lecturer in adult education on horticulture and gardening.

David

From a family of professional growers, David, son of Richard "Steele" Howe studied Civil Engineering, Biology, Management and Marketing. His career has included horticultural research and providing technical support to growers in commercial production systems.

Bennybeg Nursery is a member of The Horticultural Trades Association.