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A model in a long black dress stands in front of the Camellia House at Culzean Castle.
3 Sept 2019

Picture perfect backdrops

We provide amazing locations for fashion photoshoots, showing off the beautiful places we protect and raising vital funds for their care.

Part of a painted mural found on the ceiling in a pub on St Kilda, featuring two puffins facing each other on a grassy meadow.
30 Aug 2019

From the edge of the world: part 10

Our new blog from St Kilda reveals what it’s like to spend a season working here.

A rhubarb and custard tart is displayed on a wooden table, with a slice cut out on a china plate in the foreground. A cup of tea stands in the background. A silver fork lies on a purple napkin to the right.
27 Aug 2019

Great bakes from around the Trust

To celebrate Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight, try baking these traditional Scottish recipes from our places.

Haggis and cheese scones in a basket

Scottish scones at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum

Our baker at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum has created some delicious and unconventional scone recipes, inspired by traditional Scottish ingredients.

A chocolate cake with several square slices piled on top, with a cup of tea

Mairi Sawyer’s chocolate cake

Baking blogger Claire Jessiman revives an Inverewe favourite.

Gun Feathers Bay in St Kilda on a sunny day. A stone building stands in the foreground with a blue shimmering sea and bobbing yachts in the background.
13 Aug 2019

From the edge of the world: part 9

Our blog from St Kilda has a guest writer this week, who shares what it's like to volunteer on the island.

12 Aug 2019

Hidden interior design gems revealed at Holmwood

Holmwood in Cathcart – in the south of Glasgow – reopens to the public this week after a three-month project to re-create the property’s original stencilled paint schemes.

7 Aug 2019

Using tech to protect the Hill House

Sophia Mirashrafi, Digital Project Officer at the Hill House, shares how she’ll use tech to tell its story.

The special post mark applied on post sent from St Kilda, featuring a black circle surrounding a puffin. St Kilda is written above, and World Heritage Site below.
5 Aug 2019

From the edge of the world: part 8

Our new blog from St Kilda reveals what it’s like to spend a season working here.