Broughton House and Garden
Last week we were in Kirkcudbright and visited this eighteenth-century town house in the High Street owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It was the house lived in by … Continue reading Broughton House and Garden
Tag: gardens
A visit to Culross
Last Wednesday, the volunteer gardeners for Bannockburn House visited the village of Culross on the Firth of Forth. Our thanks go to Margaret Pollock, head gardener for Bannockburn House, for … Continue reading A visit to Culross
The landscape’s invitation
Bannockburn House garden, Wednesday, 7 October 2026. Photographs by Peter Scott-Gordon. Words by John Berger and Andrew O’Hagan
Bannockburn House Garden
A few photographs from yesterday:
Solar eclipse [behind clouds]
Yesterday, we set off from Bridge of Allan to try and find a good spot to watch the solar eclipse. My idea was to try and have Stirling Castle in … Continue reading Solar eclipse [behind clouds]
Rose Park, Trinity
In the Trove archive, I came across the above photograph. It was taken by a photographer for the Scotsman in 1958 and was given this annotation “Old Georgian house at … Continue reading Rose Park, Trinity
Burncastle garden
Yesterday, we were fortunate to be amongst the visitors to Burncastle garden, near Lauder, Berwickshire [Scotland’s Garden Scheme]. Here are a few photographs:
