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21 Apr 2023

PLANTS project: five favourite daffodil cultivars from Greenbank Garden

You may be surprised at how many different heights, colours, and shapes daffodils come in. Here, the PLANTS project West team pick a few favourites from Greenbank Garden.

18 Apr 2023

Budding young artists fly high at House of Dun

Opening on Earth Day 2023, Flock to House of Dun features the artwork of 159 local primary pupils, capturing their take on birdlife and heritage.

A large and chunky-trunked sycamore tree stands in woodland, covered with ferns, lichens and mosses. A gravel path with a wooden way marker runs beside it.
13 Apr 2023

Crathes Garden blog #23: What price a tree; what price a garden?

This month, our expert garden guide considers the different ways we value trees at our places.

A close-up of a pale pink/purple rhododendron flower, with darker purple spots going deep into the flower on one of the petals.
31 Mar 2023

The PLANTS project: spring highlights

Spring-flowering plants bring a lot of colour to a garden early in the year. Here, the PLANTS project inventory team pick a few favourites.

Image of mountain top showing eroded ground and lots of people sitting either side of the main path.
12 Mar 2023

Preventing further damage to iconic Scottish summit

Work will be undertaken to stop the loss of vegetation and further soil erosion from the top of Ben Lomond.

A puffin perches on a rocky ledge on a cliff, looking down across a turquoise inlet of the sea.

Help us save Scotland’s seabirds

Calling all seabird lovers, dog walkers, visitors and those with an internet connection! Iconic species such as puffins are under threat. But we can help to protect them with your support.

A rabbit peeks out of a hole in the ground.
28 Feb 2023

Crathes Garden blog #22: 1066 and all those rabbits

This month, our expert garden guide takes a look at the not-so-cute population of rabbits at Crathes, and the problems they are causing in the walled garden.

24 Feb 2023

The PLANTS project: celebrating Crathes Castle Garden

In August 2022, the PLANTS project north team tackled Crathes walled garden, with three weeks to catalogue the planting in the 4-acre historic garden.

A view from a wooded hillside looking down over the village of Plockton on the shore of Loch Carron.

Digital detox holidays in Scotland

Enjoy a blissful, screen-free break at our holiday accommodation places with limited (or no) Wi-Fi.