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Eleven gardeners stand at Threave Garden, holding shovels, spades and rakes.
25 Jun 2025

Threave School celebrates 65 years of growing great gardeners

The Threave School of Heritage Gardening is celebrating its 65th anniversary with a special reunion in July.

Two people stand on a wooden platform, looking out across a tumbling burn through a rocky gorge. The banks are filled with rhododendrons. It is a very sunny day.
9 Jun 2025

Why we love Crarae Woodland Garden

A slice of the Himalayas in the heart of Argyll? Enjoy our short film celebrating the magic of Crarae Woodland Garden.

A group of people stand outside and look towards the camera
28 Apr 2025

Trust makes history with completion of plant audit

The Trust is celebrating the completion of a horticultural audit of over 77,000 living plants, the largest in its history.

A person stands looking up at an old tree, with moss on some of its branches.
21 Mar 2025

Trust’s trees hold promise for the future

We are embarking on an ambitious project to record all the ancient, veteran and notable trees across our entire estate to secure the survival of these living relics.

A collage of images showing people recording plants
4 Mar 2025

The PLANTS project: 8 outcomes – the final blog

The PLANTS project celebrates three years of cataloguing Scotland’s historic gardens, laying a foundation for future stewardship and conservation efforts.

A red admiral butterfly perches on a pink flower in Kellie Castle Garden, with a blue sky in the background.

Sustainable gardening: 10 ways to embrace nature

Here are some great ways to garden with nature – and reduce your negative environmental impact.

Little bean plants stand in a row on a vegetable bed, wrapped in tall pots made from newspaper.

Sustainable gardening: 10 ways to recycle

Here are some tips and ideas from the Trust’s gardens community, based on what we’re doing ourselves.

Two baskets, one containing sticks of rhubarb and the other edible leaves, sit on a cart with wheels.

Sustainable gardening: 10 ways to get growing

Here are some tips and ideas from the Trust’s gardens community on how to grow sustainably.

Two gardeners stand on either side of a pyramid trellis of sweet pea plants growing in a garden.

Sustainable gardening: 10 ways to get equipped

Here are some tips and ideas from the Trust’s gardens community on how to get started.

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