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Three favourite summer plants for the senses
Are your garden plants a treat for sight, touch and smell? In this PLANTS project blog, Valeria Soddu (PLANTS Inventory Officer) picks three plants to engage your senses.
The PLANTS project: initial findings
Project Manager Dr Colin McDowall shares some initial findings from the PLANTS project after its first year.
A three-step plan for starting a compost heap
The garden team at Leith Hall share their tips on composting and sustainable gardening.
Crathes Garden blog #25: Mostly native
This month, our expert garden guide enjoys a birdsong walk through Crathes Garden & Estate, and spots some horticultural treats along the way.
How high can a tree grow?
Within the botanical community there is a small group who scour the mountains for the highest altitudinal record of each species of plant. We take a look at some of their recent findings.
Seabirds, camera, action!
We would love you to submit photos of seabirds carrying fish at any National Trust for Scotland place. This will help us monitor what food seabirds are finding to feed their chicks.
Many hands make light work
Members of staff from the National Trust for Scotland and People’s Postcode Lottery recently took part in a volunteering day at Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve.
It’s time to end the sale of peat
We’re calling for the government to end the use of peat in horticultural growing media.
Threave Landscape Restoration Project inspires change
Our project to transform a disused dairy farm in Dumfries & Galloway is inspiring change across the country.