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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...

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...

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...

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...

Former WW2 control tower converted into stunning family home on market for £1.65m
A WW2 control tower in a former Perthshire airfield that has been converted into a modern family home has gone on the market. The Control...

Gardening Column, Hamish Martin: ‘The beauty of ragwort lies in what she gives to every other being’
Just the mere mention of Ragwort usually results in a mass frenzied response, with people grabbing their pitch forks, spray packs and any implement they...

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...