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Pink foxgloves are in the foreground of this photo of the coastline of Burg on Mull, looking across the water to tall mountains.
23 Aug 2024

The PLANTS Project: Where do common plant names come from?

Ever wondered whether foxes had anything to do with foxgloves? Or why lungwort is called lungwort? The PLANTS North team manager explores the origins of a few common plant names.

A woman stands in silhouette on a cliff looking out to sea, with hundreds of puffins wheeling in the air around her.
23 Aug 2024

St Kilda diaries with Cal Major

Our ambassador Cal Major recently spent some time on St Kilda, volunteering with the seabird team, and created a series of short films about her adventure.

Three young women sit at a table, leaning over a gilt composition frame, cleaning dirt from it using cotton wool swabs.
19 Aug 2024

All that glitters: conservation of gilded frames

Our fifth blog in the Ramsay & Edinburgh Fashion series takes a look at the conservation of the gilded frames that contain artworks for the exhibition.

A photograph of a white-walled, small thatched cottage, attached to a later Georgian townhouse. The cottage has crowstepped gables. Iron railings on top of a white wall separate the street from a small, patio-style garden.
16 Aug 2024

Love Scotland podcast – Season 9

Welcome to the ninth season of the Trust’s podcast, which explores some thrilling stories about Scotland’s people and places.

A photo of a garden on a summer's day with a blue cloudy sky and lots of trees and flowers in full bloom. A glasshouse sits at the bottom of the garden.
13 Aug 2024

The PLANTS Project: Roses at Malleny Garden

Roses bring a lot of colour to your garden in the summer. Here, the PLANTS Project inventory team pick a few favourites from Malleny Garden. 

The small church building on St Kilda, surrounded by scaffolding.
13 Aug 2024

Braving the elements to protect St Kilda kirk

National Trust for Scotland staff and contractors have braved the elements during work on a major project to conserve the St Kilda kirk before its 200th anniversary.

A single storey white painted cottage stands at the top of a stone pier, surrounded by a drystane wall. Bags of building materials are neatly stacked in front of the wall. Ministry of Defence buildings can be seen in the background, against the hillside.
8 Aug 2024

From the edge of the world 2024 – part 2

Our St Kilda ranger shares an update on the highs and lows of the 2024 season so far.

A man and a woman sit on a grassy cliff facing the camera. Both have large rucksacks next to them. The woman on the left leans back on her hands; the man on the right has two thumbs up! Both are relaxed and smiling.
8 Aug 2024

Concern over slow start to seabird breeding season

Seabird experts at the Trust have raised concerns after observing a slow start to the seabird breeding season as well as a reduction in nesting activity for key species such as fulmars, guillemots and shags.

A photograph of a garden with a T junction gravel path and trees and shrubs on either side.
26 Jul 2024

The PLANTS Project: Leith Hall’s Rock Garden

After spending time in the inspirational rock garden at Leith Hall, Valeria Soddu, Inventory Officer for the North PLANTS Team, shares some of the plants she discovered and their history.