by Catherine Bradley | Mar 29, 2026 | Conservation, Gardens, History, Latest News
March Brings Breezes Loud and Shrill, Stirs the Dancing Daffodil The first daffodils are always such a welcome sight, a flower of renewal and rebirth. They are impossible to ignore as the neon-yellow-ness of the bobbing flower pierces through any shrubbery, dreary...
by Catherine Bradley | Feb 4, 2026 | History, Latest News
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Bannockburn, Stirling – [4 February 2026] Researchers at Bannockburn House have identified new evidence in the suspected assassination attempt on Bonnie Prince Charlie during his stay in January 1746. A lead ball consistent with 18th century...
by Catherine Bradley | Jan 22, 2026 | Events, History, Latest News, Uncategorized
Possets, Princes, & A Proper Bannockburn House Night In… Winter has always had a way of creeping into the bones. Long before central heating, antibiotics, or the luxury of staying home with a hot water bottle, people in the 17th and 18th centuries...
by marketing | Nov 29, 2025 | Conservation, Events, Gardens, History, Welcome
Welcome to National Tree Week. – Ancient Lime Trees – by Margaret Pollock Next time you visit us, see if you can spot our two majestic rows of veteran Lime trees (Tilia x europaea). They create a wind break and originally marked out some of the...
by marketing | Nov 22, 2025 | Conservation, Events, Gardens, History, Welcome
Welcome to National Tree Week. The Bannockburn House Trust Garden Blog – by Margaret Pollock Trees are special. They store carbon, replenish oxygen and conserve our soil; they give us food and shade, building materials for our homes and irreplaceable habitats...
by marketing | Sep 4, 2025 | Conservation, Events, Gardens, History, Welcome
Riches from the Garden The Bannockburn House Trust Garden Blog – by Margaret Pollock Summer 2025 is proving to be a bumper year for all our crops. In June and July we had mountains of Blackcurrants. Our harvested onions are huge and now we are picking boxes of...
