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The Castle of Mey gardens.

Win a tour of the Castle of Mey gardens with Alan Titchmarsh

A chance to spend two nights at the Castle of Mey and be given a personal tour by Alan Titchmarsh of the garden created by...

Garden of plenty

With the lockdown meaning that people are spending ever more time in their gardens, Ed Walling, the head gardener at the National Trust for Scotland...

The May 2020 edition of Scottish Field is available

With the country in lockdown with the coronavirus outbreak, the May edition of Scottish Field is now available, to keep you company through these trying...
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Beautiful Gamefield offers the great escape

Buying and selling houses is what William Frame does best – so why has he hung on to his family’s holiday retreat in Crieff for...
The wood panelling in the Whisky Library has been restored (Photo: Angus Blackburn)

The great escape in Billy Connolly’s old home

When city life got too frantic, Lynne and Marc Lino bought Billy Connolly’s former holiday house and transformed it into a family home and luxury...

Fairy Glen acquired by Woodland Trust Scotland

Woodland Trust Scotland has purchased a favourite summer picnic spot of Andrew Carnegie. The millionaire industrialist and philanthropist bought the Skibo Estate, and its Ledmore...
SCHOTY 2024 FESTIVE FARMHOUSE Lesmahagow (Photographer Kirsty Anderson) (3)

Scotland’s Christmas Home of the Year revealed

A traditional Victorian home in Lesmahagow has been crowded the winner of Scotland's Christmas Home of the Year 2024. Interior designers Anna Campbell-Jones, Banjo Beale...
Baltersan Castle

Scottish castle visited by Robert Burns in line for £2 million restoration after being sold to new owner

A historic Scottish castle visited by Robert Burns could be in line for a major restoration after being sold to a new owner. Baltersan Castle is thought...
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Meet the couple leaving a lasting legacy for a rare tree species on Arran

A couple with a passion for the rare Arran Whitebeam has left a legacy for the island through their work to help save the native...
Harry Watkins.

Life With St Andrew Botanic Gardens: ‘The answers to society’s biggest challenges all involve a different relationship with plants’

Harry Watkins, director of St Andrew Botanic Gardens, on growing up with gardeners as a child, experimenting with new ideas and how what we thought...
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Hamish Martin: ‘Known as the tree of knowledge, hazel was one of the first trees to colonise these lands on the retreat of the ice age’

Gardening columnist Hamish Martin delves into the history of the hazel tree this month and explores how it became entrenched in our ancient history, beliefs...
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Hamish Martin: ‘There is nothing more spiritually uplifting than walking within a Scots Pine wood in December’

This month we are delighted to welcome Scottish Field's newest columnist, Perthshire-based herbologist Hamish Martin. A lecturer on herbs at the Royal Botanic Garden in...


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