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 the 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...
As I write this, the late autumn rain is falling, and the wind is blowing hard but in the next few weeks we will reach the Winter Solstice – the turning point of the year! Winter Solstice Solstice comes from the Latin ‘sol’ – sun...
“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...
Craft Group Blog It’s been a busy start to the new year for the craft group. The crafters have knitted their way through the first six weeks of 2018 producing owl mummies and babies, hedgehogs, Westies and spiders. Easter Easter bunnies...
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...