Gardens and designed landscapes

These green spaces play a big role in our heritage, national identity, nature conservation and well-being.

What is the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes?

Our role in gardens and designed landscapes and the characteristics of designed landscapes.
Inventory status and development: gardens and designed landscapes

Find out what Inventory status means in the planning process.
Search for a garden or landscape

Browse a map of Inventory gardens and designed landscapes in Scotland or search all site names and records by keyword.
Designation process: Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes

How we assess Inventory applications and requests for removal from the Inventory or for a review of an existing Inventory entry.
Propose a garden or landscape for the Inventory

How to propose a garden or landscape for the Inventory or request the review or removal of an existing site.
Effects of Inventory status on owners

Find out what Inventory status means for owners of Scotland’s nationally important gardens and designed landscapes.
Caring for gardens and designed landscapes

Gardens and designed landscapes are a fragile and finite resource that can be easily damaged or lost.
Designed Landscapes of the Recent Past

Find out more about our project on Scotland’s modern garden and designed landscape heritage