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A woman wearing a red helmet and red floatation jacket stands on a rocky ledge beside a sea inlet. Large rock stacks stand just off shore behind her.
20 Sep 2022

Vital support for our National Nature Reserves

Support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery has enabled us to carry out important conservation work at our National Nature Reserves.

A white-tailed eagle chick with black tracking tags round its feet sits on a scrubby grass cliffside.
20 Sep 2022

Mar’verick takes to the skies

The first white-tailed eagle chick has fledged from Mar Lodge Estate.

Her Majesty The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and a large delegation of official people walk along the wide path outside the new visitor centre at Culloden. The Queen is in the centre, wearing a blue hat and dress.
15 Sep 2022

Remembering Her Majesty The Queen

We have very fond memories of Her Majesty The Queen visiting Trust places during her reign.

Mountains rise on the far side of a blue loch. In the foreground is a fern- and grass-covered hillside, with a woodland on the banks of the loch below.
6 Sep 2022

Better protection of wild land needed

We’re calling for enhanced protection of wild land in the Scottish Government’s planning framework, to help meet Scotland’s net-zero targets.

Looking towards Culzean Castle, with the Fountain Court garden in the foreground.
2 Sep 2022

The PLANTS project: inventory at Culzean

The scale of the 260-hectare estate at Culzean Castle was a daunting prospect, as the PLANTS project West team set out in July to start our plant inventory.

Looking from above at a close-up of the upper parterre in Pitmedden Garden. A manicured hedge encloses a designed garden space filled with plants and flowers. A winding pathway of grass cuts through the middle.
30 Aug 2022

Of parterre importance at Pitmedden Garden

Hear how the stunning new parterre at Pitmedden is transforming the way we think about and care for our gardens.

Looking through the opening of an old stone grotto towards a tree growing in the middle of a gravel area. It has a very wide trunk, apparently made up of lots of smaller trunks. The main canopy of the tree can't really be seen.
26 Aug 2022

Plant of the month: Thujopsis dolabrata

Our PLANTS team continue their blog series with a look at a very special tree at Culzean.

A view across the walled garden of Inverewe Garden. The dark shapes of mountains loom in the distance, and in the garden visitors walk along the pathways.
19 Aug 2022

From interview to Inverewe: 100 days of PLANTS

Our first update and behind-the-scenes look from the PLANTS Project Manager, Dr Colin McDowall.

A narrow gravel path runs between a lawn and a flower bed bursting with colourful plants. Behind the flower bed is a hedge, and behind it is the grand Haddo House. Tree branches frame the top of the photo.
12 Aug 2022

Ferns and finds at Haddo House Garden

As the PLANTS North team wrap up their work at Haddo House, it’s a great opportunity for Philippa Holdsworth (Team Manager) to reflect on the project and the path forward.