by marketing | Feb 25, 2021 | Gardens, Latest News
It’s almost the end of February and time to join Margaret Pollock to find out what’s been going on in the garden this month: The weather has changed dramatically and suddenly all the snow has gone but whilst it lay, it was pretty up at the House. I...
by marketing | Jan 20, 2021 | Gardens
Margaret Pollock shares her observations from the winter garden: Well this has certainly been a chilly start to 2021 with a hard frost, snow and ice. WINTRY SCENE The ‘Doocot Loch’ has been frozen solid and without the geese, it is unusually quiet. All...
by marketing | Dec 10, 2020 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
As Christmas fast approaches, we caught up with Margaret Pollock in the garden: “December is passing rapidly with ever shortening days while, weather permitting, we try to...
by marketing | Nov 7, 2020 | Gardens, Uncategorized, Volunteer Blog
Bannockburn House Gardener Margaret Pollock reflects on the changing seasons: It was spring when I last walked into the depths of the woodland at the house so it was with some excitement that I made the trip a few days ago, whilst the leaves were still clustered in...
by marketing | Oct 5, 2020 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
There’s still much beauty to be found in the October garden, as Bannockburn House gardener Margaret Pollock explains: Autumn is underway and shades of yellow, orange and red are claimed for this season’s colours. The pastel shades of the summer roses and the deep...
by marketing | Sep 14, 2020 | Gardens, Latest News, Volunteer Blog
To mark Scotland’s Climate Week 2020 we asked gardener Margaret Pollock to reflect on the progress that has been made in the grounds of Bannockburn House: For the last three years we have battled against the dense overgrowth in the kitchen garden at Bannockburn...
