by marketing | Aug 19, 2020 | Gardens, Latest News
Bannockburn House, once used as Bonnie Prince Charlie’s battle HQ, is set to receive nearly £15,000 from the Central Scotland Green Network Growing Food Together Fund. The community owned and volunteer led project is one of nine environmental initiatives to have been...
by marketing | Aug 5, 2020 | Gardens, Latest News
Ambitious plans to develop the grounds of Bannockburn House have been given a boost with the appointment of horticultural guru Kate White as Head Gardener. Kate has over a decade of experience restoring and developing historic and botanic gardens, including time with...
by marketing | Jul 27, 2020 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
It’s July and finally time to slow down and enjoy your garden, according to green-fingered volunteer Margaret Pollock: The well-tended vegetable garden in July is an amazing sight. Gone is the frenzy of June and the early Summer months when there is a constant...
by admin | Jun 11, 2020 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
June is such a colourful month. Everywhere you look there are flowers and for us in the North, we have the extra daylight hours as well. Summer is upon us and in a couple of weeks it will be the Solstice – the turning point of the year when the sun stands still...
by admin | May 14, 2020 | Gardens, Latest News, Volunteer Blog
Usually May is a quiet and reliable month which gradually leads us into summer with longer days, warmer temperatures and blossom. The early leaves have sprung on most trees, butterflies are on the wing and if you look carefully, you will find wildflowers blooming in...
by admin | Apr 16, 2020 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
As I write this, it is almost Easter. The month is passing rapidly, and we will soon be in the middle of April. April is month of great change in the garden, and in nature, and the biggest factor driving this change is sex – the urge to reproduce. It is...
