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...
by marketing | Aug 27, 2020 | Gardens, Volunteer Blog
We may be having one of the wettest Augusts on record, but Bannockburn House gardener Margaret Pollock is back with another blog to brighten your day: Although it’s only August, we have had such intense rain recently that the Doocot Loch, normally only visible...
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...
