by marketing | Jul 30, 2025 | Conservation, Events, Gardens, History, Welcome
Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy The Bannockburn House Trust Garden Blog – by Margaret Pollock After such a warm, sunny spring this year it has come as no surprise to us that we have a bumper blackcurrant crop this year. Our bushes were planted in the spring of...
by marketing | Jun 13, 2025 | Conservation, Events, Gardens, History, Welcome
At last the rain has come The Bannockburn House Trust Garden Blog – by Margaret Pollock As I write this it is raining and it is a wonderful sound as it beats off the garden path outside the door after such a dry Spring. We have several newly planted trees and...
by marketing | Apr 8, 2025 | Conservation, Events, Gardens, History, Welcome
Bannockburn House Garden Blog – In like a Lion Out Like a Lamb The Bannockburn House Trust Garden Blog – by Margaret Pollock What a difference a few warm days can make to the spring garden. If you have a sheltered corner in your garden then you will have...
by marketing | Aug 5, 2024 | History
On the outskirts of the historic Bannockburn town lies Bannockburn House. Originally constructed in the 17th century and later modified in the 19th century, the home stands as a unique example of vernacular Scottish architecture mixed with various European influences....
by marketing | Oct 10, 2023 | History
1660- Robert May “Accomplisht Cook” “To make a Pumpion Pie.” Take a pound of pumpion and slice it, a handful of thyme, a little rosemary, and sweet marjoram stripped off the stalks, chop them small, then take cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, and a few cloves all...
by marketing | Sep 25, 2023 | History
Today marks the centenary of the Redding Pit Disaster in Falkirk. This was one of the worst accidents in Scottish Mining History, where 40 men tragically lost their lives when the Redding Pit flooded and 66 miners were trapped underground. An account of the disaster...
