Forest bathing at Dawyck Botanic Garden

Dawyck Botanic Garden is a 65-acre arboretum in a wooded glen at Stobo, about eight miles from Peebles, run by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It is one of the world's finest tree collections, with towering Douglas firs, Scots pines and giant redwoods. The oldest tree is a silver fir nearly 350 years old, and the original Dawyck beech has stood here for more than 170 years. Themed tree trails follow the plant hunters, among them David Douglas, who collected many of the trees.

Paths wind through the woodland and along the Scrape Burn, whose banks are covered in snowdrops in February. Azaleas flower on the old Azalea Terrace in May and June, and the autumn colour is strong. The garden also holds the world's first reserve set aside for mosses, liverworts, lichens and fungi, a good place to slow right down and look closely. There is a short wheelchair-accessible route, a large car park, and a café and visitor centre with toilets. Entry is charged.