The National Trust for Scotland sponsors the trip which gives the tourists a chance to sail the Scottish Isles in June, 2004 when the Black Prince casts off at Leith, Edinburgh's harbour town, to wander the islands off Scotland's west coast. Gardens will be the focus as passengers visit ...
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has today added Crawick Multiverse to the inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes. The site was nominated to be considered for designation by a member of the public as part of HES’s ‘Designed Landscapes of the Recent Past’ project, an initiative to i...
In 1952, the 5th Marquess of Bute appointed the National Trust for Scotland in 1952 as Deputy Keeper of the Palace to take care of ithe building and its extensive gardens. Today it serves as a tourist attraction.Forter Castle, Kirkton Of Glenisla, Perthshire PH11 8QW, Scotland Forter ...
The National Trust for Scotland cares for Glencoe National Nature Reserve, a 14,000 acre estate with 60 kilometres of footpaths for you to explore, marvel at the panoramic mountain views and spot … See ways to experience (22) 2024 8. Dunrobin Castle and Gardens 2,096 Castles Historic ...
Flowers, fruit and vegetables were supplied from the gardens, and the original gardeners to the large houses were retained with a view to preserving the ‘old-world appearance’ of the grounds. An ample supply of fresh produce was a vital part of providing patients with a nutritious diet, wit...
and William Ewart Gladstone in Coates Crescent Gardens, Edinburgh. His work was influenced greatly by Pictish designs, and these are on display in Perth. He is sometimes linked with the Scottish Renaissance movement. Hugh MacDiarmid was amongst his admirers. Alloway village hall contains ...
摘要: A National Trust building is perhaps not the first image that comes to mind when discussing the low-carbon agenda, but in order to hit government carbon-reduction targets many buildings, particularly older ones, need to have their emissions reduced. Historic Scotland and the National Trust...
A pollinators’ stepping stone ©Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Despite their small sizes, residential gardens collectively cover 16 to 36% of urban areas in different countries (Tewet al., 2022). Ecologically, these fragmented landscapes function as a single habitat. So we can say that...
Slessor Gardens Mary Slessor (1848 – 1915) Mary Slessor was born in Aberdeen and was famed for being a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. In Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, one of the local languages, and once she gained the trust of the locals, she was able to spread Christian...
These workers were largely of Scots-Irish descent and, being poor, subsisted on cabbages grown in their front gardens. The name Cabbagetown was used originally with derision by people outside the neighbourhood, supposedly because of the smell of cabbage cooking "but it soon became a label of ...