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A large lawn surrounded by trees with some people walking along the edge. Falkland Palace is in the background.
13 Dec 2024

The PLANTS project: Falkland Palace – the Percy Cane garden

PLANTS East Team Manager, Alistair Chalmers explores the historical significance of Falkland Palace’s gardens, including their wartime transformation, Percy Cane’s redesign and the maintenance challenges they present today.

Three women stand in front of an exhibition entrance panel and a large framed embroidery. The word Stitched is stencilled onto the wall above some introductory copy.
22 Nov 2024

Love Scotland podcast – Season 10

Welcome to the tenth season of the Trust’s podcast, which explores some thrilling stories about Scotland’s people and places.

A composite image of various plants, showing two large pics in the middle, and then three stacked each side to the left and right.
21 Nov 2024

The PLANTS project: 8 Inverewe plant highlights

Over three years, the PLANTS North team audited Inverewe Garden. In this post they share eight plants that sparked interest and discussion with visitors to the garden.

Two women stand looking at plants, one with a clipboard
12 Nov 2024

The PLANTS project: A day in the life

The PLANTS project concludes in 2025 after auditing plant collections across Trust gardens. Inventory Officer Lucrezia Rossi reflects on her role and her experiences over the last two and a half years.

Golden brown sausage rolls sprinkled with sesame seeds are displayed on some grease-proof paper on top of a cooling rack. One has been sliced in half on a chopping board, beside a wooden knife and fork.

Recipe: Scott’s haggis sausage rolls from Culzean

Try our delicious hearty sausage rolls with a twist, created by Scott Murdoch, Head Chef at Culzean Castle & Country Park.

Two people in yellow high-vis jackets and white hard hats stand in the attic of a building.
11 Nov 2024

A day in the life of a Maintenance Surveyor

To celebrate National Maintenance Week, we take a glimpse into the role of one of the Trust’s maintenance surveyors.

Two thatchers -- a man and a woman -- stand on ladders leaning against the thatched roof of the Bachelors' Club, with the village of Tarbolton in the background.
7 Nov 2024

Tam o’ Thatcher: thatching the historic Bachelors’ Club

We are re-thatching the roof of the Bachelors’ Club, the site of Robert Burns’s social club in the 18th century.

Close-up of the stomach of a white 18th-century dress. Buttons go down the front and small pink, white, green and blue tassels on cords form zigzags between the buttons.
6 Nov 2024

Out in the open: caring for a dress on open display

Textiles are fascinating and delicate objects. In the last of the Ramsay exhibition blogs, we explore the risks and considerations when displaying fabric outside of a case.

An image of montane willow trees on a mountainside with other mountains and a cloudy sky in the background.
2 Nov 2024

Endangered mountain trees make a comeback in Scotland

Endangered mountain trees and shrubs are making a comeback in Scotland, a study by the University of Stirling has shown.