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A large rectangular piece of carpet is displayed against a black background. The carpet features concentric squares of blue, green, yellow and red, some with classical patterns inside. At the centre are two blue squares with a floral design.
6 Jul 2021

Creating carpets for Holmwood

Find out how we’re creating new carpets for Holmwood in the final phase of the Holmwood Redecoration Project.

A view of a bright blue sea with white breakers crashing against jagged rocks on the coastline.
5 Jul 2021

Why we love St Abb’s Head NNR

Join ranger Ciaran Hatsell for a glimpse behind the scenes at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve.

A man sits on the stone steps leading up to a grand Georgian mansion house. Behind him stand three people, dressed in Victorian costumes: a cook on the left, a well-to-do young woman in the centre and an estate worker on the right. Stone urns with pretty bedding plants line the staircase.
3 Jul 2021

Doors open on re-Dun attraction in North East

Discover how we’re telling the stories of Angus, its people and landscape in a fresh and innovative way at House of Dun in Montrose.

Stone cairns with old tractor seats attached to the top stand beside each other. Slates lie against the cairns, with names painted on it. Across the bay, in the distance, can be seen St Edward's Church, pictured through a large iron cartwheel hoop.
2 Jul 2021

The Solas Point: Canna’s new art installation

A new multi-sensory art installation is taking shape on the Isle of Canna to mark the creative world of Margaret Fay Shaw.

1 Jul 2021

Emily & Isla’s guide to family hillwalking fun

Our Glencoe experts tell us how to get everyone in the family out hillwalking.

A miniature netsuke sculpture, showing a central conch shell with several figures depicted standing beside it or climbing on it.
1 Jul 2021

The whimsy of netsuke

Find out more about the symbolism seen in the Japanese art of netsuke, several examples of which are found at our properties.

30 Jun 2021

Edinburgh’s Pantry: Tatties, neeps, oranges and lemons

This is the third in our series of articles about Edinburgh’s pantries of the past, and looks at fruit and vegetables in the Scottish diet.

A room is set up to re-create an Edwardian boarding house. An iron bed stands on a wooden floor, with a threadbare rug beside it. A wooden clothes horse stands beside the fireplace across the room.
29 Jun 2021

The Great Eight at Gladstone’s Land

Kate Stephenson, Visitor Services Manager at Gladstone’s Land, tells us about some of her favourite things to look for at the newly reopened property.

A smiling man and woman stand in a very green vineyard. Two labs sit beside them. Two large tubs lie on the ground before them, to be used for harvesting grapes.
28 Jun 2021

Meet the Makers: Ruth and Charles Simpson

The Trust’s Meet the Maker series is proudly sponsored by Naked Wines, where the world’s best independent winemakers make their best wines. Here, we meet a husband and wife winemaking team supported by Naked Wines’ Angels.