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Discover more about Scotland’s heritage and how we’re working to protect it.

Two young girls skip across a grassy lawn, smiling from ear to ear. Each carries a trail sheet and wears Easter egg boppers on their heads. Their family members are in the background, watching them and laughing.

Easter Egg Trails 2024

Fun for every-bunny! We’re running Easter Egg Trails at 35 of our places across Scotland this year.

Actor Sam Heughan sits on a recording studio, with a computer monitor behind him and a microphone in front. His new book is propped up on the desk in front of him, beside an omega-shaped board saying: Love National Trust for Scotland.
15 Mar 2024

Love Scotland podcast – highlights

Production is underway on the next full series of the award-winning Love Scotland podcast, but in the meantime we’re diving into the archives to highlight five of our top episodes.

Looking down the narrow water channel that leads into Barry Mill. The mill has a bright red tin roof.
28 Mar 2024

Keeping the wheel turning at Barry Mill

We are making excellent progress on the conservation project at Barry Mill.

A collage of 8 different plants, flowering in Scotland in springtime
28 Mar 2024

The PLANTS Project: 8 plants to look out for this Easter

The PLANTS Project Team have selected some of their favourite Easter plants from across the Trust’s gardens.

22 Mar 2024

Plant Journeys: stories of East Asian plants in Hornel’s home and garden

Discover the Plant Journeys exhibition, exploring the cultural significance and rich histories of East Asian plants at Broughton House & Garden.

Priorwood Garden with apple blossom in foreground and the house in the background

Beautiful blossom

It’s time to celebrate one of nature’s most dazzling displays – colourful and sweet-smelling spring blossom!

A plane propellor sits on the grass above three potato sacks

World War II plane propeller discovery sparks investigation on Arran

Propeller blade discovery in a remote part of Arran, thought to be from a World War II plane, has sparked an investigation.

A view of a lush and colourful flower border running along the outside wall of a long glasshouse in a walled garden. It is a clear sunny day.
14 Mar 2024

Restoring Culzean’s glasshouses

Find out about our recent project to restore Culzean’s historic glasshouses in the walled garden.

A golden statue of a hawk holding a rat in its talons is attached above the entrance to Gladstone’​s Land. Beyond it, the view extends down the Royal Mile, with the spire of St Giles’​ Cathedral clearly silhouetted against the pale blue sky.
12 Mar 2024

Women’s history at Gladstone’s Land: Elsie Maud Inglis

Some of the team at Gladstone’s Land are highlighting five trailblazing women through a series of blog posts that explore their historical influence as well as their connections to this very special property.