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A host of golden daffodils, with deep yellow trumpets, grow beside a grassy bank at Brodie Castle. In the distance a large white bunny model can be seen lying on the bank.
4 Mar 2022

Golden trumpets of springtime

North-East Gardens Manager Chris Wardle celebrates one of our best-loved flowers.

A close-up view of some bright green aspen leaves, with tree branches silhouetted against a clear blue sky behind.
3 Mar 2022

Trembling in the breeze – aspen conservation

The National Trust for Scotland is helping to conserve aspen trees by propagating saplings at the Inverewe tree nursery.

Spring: highlights of the season

This is a magical time to visit your favourite Trust places, as our coasts, islands, mountains and moorlands all spring back to life.

A wheatear - a small sparrow-sized bird with a blue back, white tummy, orange throat and black stripes on its wing - sits on a fence post.

Spring wildlife

As the days lengthen and warm, it’s a lovely time of year to spot some of our seasonal visitors as well as our much-loved resident species.

Woman wearing a yellow raincoat and walking boots is crouched on the ground in a forest, picking fresh wild garlic leaves.

Spring is wild garlic season!

A sign that spring is here is the unmistakable smell of wild garlic growing in the woodlands. Discover where to forage for fresh leaves, how to identify wild garlic, and how to make a delicious wild garlic pesto.

A colour photo of a red-barked tree growing out from a garden bed, with Crathes Castle in the distance. The sky is a very deep blue.
16 Feb 2022

The plant diaspora

Our North-East ranger considers the origins of some of our most-loved trees and plants, and takes a look at both the benefits and drawbacks of the Victorian plant-hunting tradition.

An aerial photograph of a woodland peninsula. It has digital pin points superimposed, all across the area, to show the extent of the storm damage at Inverewe.
15 Feb 2022

Storm Corrie at Inverewe

Our Operations Manager shares some news about the devastating effect of recent storms on parts of Inverewe Garden, and looks ahead to how the garden can recover.

A queen bumblebee rests on a bright yellow dandelion flower.
11 Feb 2022

Bees and Ben Lawers

Exciting new records have been made of solitary bee species using the recently restored mountain woodlands at Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve.

The problem with Rhododendron ponticum

In 2020 the Trust began a nationwide project, Project Wipeout, which aimed to free our natural environment of invasive plant species. One of the plant species targeted by the project is Rhododendron ponticum. Find out why.