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A large Cryptomeria japonica tree
13 Sept 2024

The PLANTS project: champion trees in the South and West of Scotland

During recent surveys of our gardens in the South and West regions, the PLANTS project identified several national ‘Champion Trees’. The West team’s Fran Culverhouse discusses the biggest and ‘best of their kind’ trees growing in her region.

A neat kitchen garden with planted beds and a vertical bed for vegetables. An information board is pictured, but the print is illegible from the photograph.
12 Sept 2024

Growing in small spaces

Leith Hall’s Head Gardener, Sarah Ramsay, provides a closer look at the kitchen garden and shares her top tips for growing in small spaces.

A smiling lady stands beside an embroidered 18th-century dress displayed on a mannequin in an exhibition room. She is holding an open catalogue that has a black and white photo of her wearing the same dress in the 1960s.
11 Sept 2024

Member reunited with 18th-century dress at Ramsay exhibition

A National Trust for Scotland member shares her memories of modelling an 18th-century dress in 1969, which is now on display at Edinburgh’s Georgian House.

A living room full of furniture. The walls are coloured duck egg blue and there is a fireplace with a log burning stove next to a window.
11 Sept 2024

Cosy cottages

Escape to a Trust property and enjoy shared moments to remember in a dream winter getaway.

The front cover of the Yokohama Nursery catalogue
10 Sept 2024

Plant Journeys blog post #12 – Plant collecting and Yokohama Nursery

Plant Journeys is a blog series, exploring East Asian plants in the garden of Broughton House.

A garden in full bloom in the sunshine with a stone building behind.
10 Sept 2024

Plant Journeys blog post #11 – Plants for different months and seasons

Plant Journeys is a blog series, exploring East Asian plants in the garden of Broughton House.

Two rocks have been split open and are displayed side by side on a piece of white tissue paper. Inside each rock is a fossilised creature. On the left, it looks a bit like a large beetle. On the right, it looks like a squashed thin butterfly.
10 Sept 2024

Dingwall Museum donates fossil specimens

Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage & Museum has welcomed a donation of fossils from Dingwall Museum that is set to delight visitors to the former home of the renowned Scottish geologist.

Two hotdogs are displayed on a wooden chopping board. Both are drizzled with a white sauce and have onions and chilli piled on them.
10 Sept 2024

Meet the Supplier: Brigston & Co

Meet Euan and Claire, the founders of Brigston & Co, who produce handmade hotdogs for our cafés across Scotland.

Cuddly toy puffins and neatly folded scarves fill a wooden shelving unit at the side of a shop area. At the far end of the space are lots of St Kilda t-shirts displayed on hangers.
9 Sept 2024

From the edge of the world 2024 – part 4

This instalment of our St Kilda blog series celebrates exciting news about the St Kilda Club shop.