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Island with grey stone columns, in a blue sea
21 Feb 2023

Access to Staffa in 2024 and 2025

Our project to update the visitor infrastructure on Staffa National Nature Reserve continues in 2024.

17 Feb 2023

Plant of the month: Pterocarya fraxinifolia

The PLANTS team blog continues with a look at the beautiful Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia).

A view of a garden awash with colour in summer. A row of pink-flowering shrubs stands in the foreground, with tall blue delphiniums growing from the flowerbeds in the background, across the lawn.

Around the world in our gardens

When you visit our gardens and estates you can travel the world! Gardens and Designed Landscape Manager, Chris, introduces us to some of the rare and unusual plants in our collection, from towering trees to flowering shrubs.

A bride and groom stand on stone garden steps, with Crathes Castle in the background. The groom wears a red kilt. The bride wears a long white dress and is carrying a beautiful bouquet of red and orange flowers.

Running towards love – Marie and Tony’s story

We love to share real-life stories from our places. Find out how love blossomed between two runners at Crathes Castle, leading to their wedding in the same place.

A round pancake decorated to look like an owl is served on a blue patterned plate. It has chocolate spread for its tummy, sliced strawberries for wings and a beak, and banana slices and blueberries for eyes.

Shrove Tuesday recipe – owl pancakes

Twit-twoo! For some family fun with a tasty treat at the end, try our marv-owl-ous recipe this pancake day.

A black and white photo of two women harvesting crops in a field in the 1930s. Both are bent over, and holding small bladed tools.
10 Feb 2023

Canna stars in exhibition exploring pioneering women photographers

Margaret Fay Shaw’s work features in the Glean exhibition at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh, which runs until 12 March.

A re-constructed 17th-century bedroom, with a four-poster bed complete with heavy fabric hangings. The wooden ceiling has an original painted decoration. The walls are mustard yellow and the room is lit by the window to the right.
7 Feb 2023

Keeping house at Gladstone’s Land

It takes research, knowledge, care and teamwork to ensure the hands-on immersive experience at Gladstone’s Land brings history to life.

Four school children in a green uniform stand around a wooden desk, holding a precious locket in a safe box. Jackie Bird stands behind them.
7 Feb 2023

Putting time travel on the curriculum

The National Trust for Scotland’s President Jackie Bird is supporting the pilot of our new education programme.

A little boy and a young woman crouch down and look at some bright yellow daffodils. Both are holding Easter Egg Trail sheets.
6 Feb 2023

Easter Egg Trails 2023

Hoppy days! We’re running Easter Egg Trails at 32 of our places across Scotland over the Easter weekend.

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