News
You can keep up to date here with all the latest news concerning SGLH. Reports on recent events, progress with our projects, planned meetings and lectures… you will find it all here.
If you have some news that you would like to share with the SGLH community, why not send it through to info@sglh.org?
Conservation News: Dalmeny Estate
Scottish Forestry recently consulted SGLH with regard to proposals for proposed thinning operations as part of the ongoing woodland management at the Dalmeny Estate, an Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape. You can read our full response here.
Conservation News: Dumfries House, Cumnock
East Ayrshire Council recently consulted SGLH with regard to proposals for partial removal of existing service shed and erection of new single storey printmaking studio, and installation of new air source heat pump at the Dumfries House Estate, Cumnock. You can read...
Daffodils : A Scottish Connection
Daffodils: A Scottish Connection An article by Sarah Barron Well, Spring is finally here and the weather improving by the day and as I look across my garden the daffodils are in full bloom, and for me they really are the first true Spring flowers. There are of course,...
Conservation News: Baitslaw and Corselaw Forest Plan
Scottish Forestry recently consulted with SGLH with regard to a forest plan for Baitslaw and Corselaw. You can read our full response letter here.
Conservation News: Eliock Long Term Forestry Plan
SGLH recently offered advice with regard to the long term forestry plan for Eliock, a non-inventory designed landscape in Dumfries and Galloway. Read our full advice letter here.
Conservation News: Scottish Borders Local Development Plan 2 Consultation
SGLH submitted a consultation response to the Scottish Borders Local Development Plan 2: Proposed Plan in January 2021. We noted our ongoing opposition to the allocation of land at Netherbarns for 45 housing units, due to the potential detrimental impact of the...
Conservation News – Dryburgh House Lodge
SGLH recently issued a consultation response in relation to the modification of a planning condition associated with a proposal at Dryburgh House Lodge, Scottish Borders. The site lies within the Dryburgh Abbey Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape. You can read...
Conservation News: Craigengillan Stables
SGLH recently issued comments on a planning application at Craigengillan Stables, East Ayrshire. The stables are located within the Craigengillan Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape. You can download the full response letter we issued here.
Virtual Garden Visit – Vrtba Garden, Prague
From a visit by SGLH member Lesley Cumming.Among all the glories that Prague has to offer this small but magnificent garden can easily be overlooked. This stunning terraced Baroque Garden on the slope of Petřín Hill in Prague was created about 1720 by František...
Virtual Garden Visit – The Alcazar, Seville
From a visit by SGLH trustee Marilyn BrownMarilyn's wonderful photographs show us The Alcazar, Seville, after their excavation and restoration. Marilyn suggests that is difficult to convey a sense of the place in either eleven images or eleven thousand words! ...
Royal High School, Edinburgh
Royal High School, Edinburgh After five long years and SGLH’s objection to proposals for the change of use of and alterations to the former Royal High School Buildings and its Pavilions, now Category A-Listed, the welcome news arrived on 27 October that the Appeal by...
Whalebone Arches
Fife Council archaeologist Douglas Speirs is currently compiling a list of whalebone arches in Scotland, and has contacted me to ask whether SGLH members know of any examples in their local areas. There were once hundreds of these arches, created in the 19th century...