Family Owned Garden Centre Since 1953
Rhododendrons & Azaleas Mail Order
- Welcome to Glendoick Garden Centre, an award winning and independently owned family business.
- Glendoick's nursery was founded in 1953 by Euan and Peter Cox
- Glendoick Garden Centre opened in 1973 and run by Tricia Cox. Jane Cox expanded the cafe and established the foodhall.
- Owners Peter and Kenneth Cox are world-renowned rhododendron experts
- Glendoick have bred and launched over 100 new commercial rhododendron and azalea hybrids.
- Peter and Kenneth Cox have written over 20 books on rhododendrons and other horticultural subjects.
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Glendoick- So Much more than a garden centre
Ken Cox’s Woodland Gardening Book, the definitive work on the subject is now available in our webshop
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Books by Glendoick owners Peter & Kenneth Cox
Glendoick's Owners. Peter & Kenneth Cox have written over 20 books on rhododendrons, plant hunting, Scottish gardens and gardening. 4 of Peter & Ken's books, Scotland for Gardeners, Seeds of Adventure and Fruit and Vegetables for Scotland were UK Garden books of the year. Woodland Gardening was European Gardening Book of the Year 2014
Books are available at Glendoick Garden Centre and Mail Order
Books on Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Woodland Gardening, Plant Hunting
Woodland Gardening Glendoick Publications 2018 Winner European Gardening Book of the Year 2018-19
Glendoick, A Guide, Glendoick Publishing
Rhododendrons and Azaleas: A Colour Guide, Crowood Press 2005.
Now out of Print:
Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges by Frank Kingdon Ward. New Edition, ed. Kenneth Cox, Antique Collector’s Club 2001, 2007
Seeds of Adventure Peter Cox, Peter Hutchison, Antique Collectors Club 2008
Kenneth Cox Best Selling Scotland Books
Garden Plants for Scotland, Frances Lincoln 2008 (Kenneth Cox with Raoul Curtis Machin)
Scotland for Gardeners Birlinn 2009 2nd Edition 2014 Winner Inspirational Garden Book of the Year 2009. Garden Media Guild
Fruit and Vegetables for Scotland with Caroline Beaton, Birlinn 2012 Winner Garden Reference of the Year 2012
Gardening Made Simple Glendoick Publishing 2021 Kenneth Cox
The History of Glendoick
The story starts in Dundee, a port on the east coast of Scotland, which until recently was known for three things: Jute, Jam and Journalism. The Cox family were integral to the jute story in the 19th and early 20th centuries: the family firm...