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The Hill House building is completely enclosed by an enormous chainmail box. Trees and a garden hedge stand in the foreground.
2 Mar 2022

Hill House: options for the future

How will the National Trust for Scotland proceed with the conservation of this unique building?

28 Feb 2022

Family crafts: make a fishing fleet mobile

Learn how to craft your very own origami fish and fishing boats, and make them into a beautiful mobile inspired by Hugh Miller’s folktales of Cromarty and its fleet.

28 Feb 2022

Fireside tales: Scottish folklore for children

2022 is Scotland’s Year of Stories! Meet children’s storyteller Lizzie McDougall, and hear how she brings to life folklorist Hugh Miller’s Scottish tales featuring giants, witches and mermaids!

A view of an extremely ornately decorated drawing room, with the far wall made up of floor-to-ceiling windows. A red and blue patterned carpet almost fills the floor on top of parquet wooden floorboards. The ceiling has decorative, gilded plasterwork. There is a piano to the far left of the room, and a fireplace on the right-hand wall. Large mirrors run either side of the room.
24 Feb 2022

Softly does it

We take a closer look at Holmwood’s new carpets, the result of extensive research through historical archives.

The pink walls of Crathes Castle rise behind the dark green yew hedges. In the foreground is a cylinder-shaped yew hedge. It is a bright winter's day with a pale blue sky.
22 Feb 2022

Crathes Garden blog #10: Donald, Far’s Yer Troosers?

Despite the devastation from recent storms still looming large, our Garden Guide at Crathes finds much to lift her spirits in the garden, even in these cold winter months.

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.
21 Feb 2022

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.

Two young boys run across a lawn towards the camera.
21 Feb 2022

Easter Egg Trails 2022

Find out about the Easter Egg Trails we’re running at 21 of our places across Scotland this Easter weekend.

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.

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