HOMES & GARDENS
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Interior designer’s eclectic tastes create unique home
Interior designer Xanthe Weir owns this stylish apartment in one of Edinburgh’s finest Georgian townhouses on Royal Terrace. The two-bedroom property features a modern sitting...
Handy hints to keep your garden going during the heat
The effects of this summer's blistering heat and dry weather has been showing up on the greens of Carnoustie with The Open. The normally verdant...
Botanic gardens are a hive of activity this summer
Folk music, ghost stories and horticulture are just some of the attractions to a Scottish botanic garden. Exotic conservation plants from the southern hemisphere complement...
Book review – Woodland Gardening
Kenneth Cox’s latest tome Woodland Gardening is a significant Scottish horticultural publication which brings the art of woodland gardening to life. As well as being...
A new dawn? Isle of Rum’s Kinloch Castle back on the market after locals agree sale
It was once an opulent Edwardian mansion, built for Sir George Bullough as a Highland hideaway for industrialists in the 18th century. But now, after years...
Historic castle in Scottish Borders on sale for £3 million – and comes with its own private chapel and railway
A historic 17-bedroom castle in the Scottish Borders has gone on the market for more than £3 million - and it comes with its own...
Gardening Column, Hamish Martin: ‘Mugwort was held sacred by many cultures and thought to be the oldest of plants’
Gardening columnist, Hamish Martin, on the ancient history of mugwort and how this plant can be used today. I feel a very strong association with...
Lamb’s House, Leith: One of Scotland’s most historically significant homes hits the market
One of Scotland’s most historically and architecturally significant homes which dates back to the 17th century has gone on the market. Lamb’s House located at...
