Spring has sprung!

Spring has sprung!

“April brings the primrose sweet, scatters daisies at our feet” Who’s been eating the Bluebells?  So it has been a long winter. The rabbits and deer up at the House have been struggling to find food. For weeks the emerging bluebell leaves were being eaten...
LIONS and LAMBS

LIONS and LAMBS

“March brings breezes, loud and shrill, stirs the dancing daffodil” March is certainly an unpredictable month. As the saying goes it ..” comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb”. Last year it was very dry and sunny but this year; the heavy snow and cold weather...
“Lamb’s Tails” for Candlemas

“Lamb’s Tails” for Candlemas

It’s hard to remember but Candlemas day, February 2nd, was a bright and sunny day this year and since then we have had cold weather, snow, sleet and low temperatures. Perhaps there is truth in the ancient rhyme: “If Candlemas day be dry and fair, The half o’...
January Snowdrops

January Snowdrops

Public Ownership On December 15th, 2017, the wonderful Bannockburn House passed into public ownership for the first time in three and a half centuries, so Bannockburn House Trust now owns the House and the surrounding grounds of twenty-six acres. In the coming years...
The house is now into public ownership

The house is now into public ownership

Bannockburn House Trust belongs to the people  After many delays, issues and hurdles we now fully own the house! Congratulations to all of our board members, volunteers and the fantastic community support. Bannockburn House is finally legally transferred into...