Scottish Natural Heritage
SNH promotes the care and improvement of Scotland's natural heritage, its responsible enjoyment, its greater understanding and appreciation and its sustainable use, now and for future generations.
The Scottish Natural Heritage Information Service - SNHi - has sections which help you to find out about species and habitats around Scotland, sites designated for their natural heritage value across Scotland, what's happening to Scotland's environment, facts and statistics about SNH's work, data on Scotland's countryside and all about the National Nature Reserves (NNR). THere's also information for teachers on sites suitable for outdoor learning.
Findhorn Foundation >
The Trust runs an educational centre and a wide variety of courses in such fields as personal and spiritual growth, gardening, meditation, leadership, community living, and the arts. The Ecological Village Project promotes the use of renewable energy such as Wind Power and Solar Energy.
Mossburn Animal Centre
Mossburn animal sanctuary is based in SW Scotland in Dumfries & Galloway near the town of Lockerbie. It is home to a wide variety of animals including cattle, horses, ponies, pigs, goats, poultry, rabbits, guinea pigs, sheep, raccoons, reptiles and wildlife ... and more ... They rescue misused, abused, unwanted and neglected animals and provide work placements for children and adults with problems who find working among animals very therapeutic. Visitors are made very welcome at Mossburn (though they had to close during the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001). The attractive site has lots of illustrations of the creatures which have been rescued or are permanent residents.
Pet-Tacular Rescue and Advice Service
Pet-Tacular is a non-profit making organisation run with the help of volunteers which take in and re-home almost all unwanted small pets, particularly rabbits, rodents and caged birds. There are no facilities for dogs or cats, but they can help people find new homes for these pets. There is also a small pet boarding service for amost all pets except cats and dogs. The organisation also offers advice to all pet owners.
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency >
The Agency works towards sustainable development in Scotland and their Web pages set out their objectives, how to contact them and makes available their recent press releases. Similarly Friends of the Earth Scotland > list their events, publications and how to join the organisation.
Sustainable Scotland
An interactive site where you can learn about sustainable development and the environment in Scotland on a national and local level. The site is designed to present integrated information about Scottish and local environmental initiatives to inspire people to care for the environment and their surroundings.
Touch Wood on Skye
This is wood recycling workshop based in Uig employs a number of people in the manufacture of small pieces of furniture using discarded pallets to create bespoke pieces of furniture. Their aim is to employ a significant number of people who may have disabilities or health problems, or who are long term unemployed. As the workforce and production has increased, so has consumption of pallets, helping to maintain a cleaner future for the area.
Scottish Renewables Forum
The SRF supports the development and provision of a sustainable energy future for Scotland. It therefore promotes the sensible use of Scotland's abundant wind, wave, hydro, biomass, solar and landfill gas resources and provides information on these.
Roslin Institute>
The Roslin Institute and the company which they have created leapt to world-wide prominence when they issued their press release on the cloning of sheep for the first time.
University of Dundee Botanic Garden
The Garden is a centre for public enjoyment in addition to its principal function of supplying plant material for teaching and research within the University of Dundee. It has a wide range of plants, with fine collections of conifers and broad-leaved trees and shrubs, tropical and temperate glasshouses, water garden and herb garden. Located in 9.5 hectares of south facing, gently sloping land near the banks of the River Tay.
St Andrews Botanic Garden
About 8000 species of ferns, herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees are grown here. Some are native to Scotland but most grow wild in other regions of the world. All those outdoors are hardy and can be cultivated successfully in the climate around St Andrews. The site gives information on the local climate and a history of the garden.
LIFE Peatlands Project
This attractively designed site describes the project aimed at restoring and enhancing an area of peatlands in Caithness and Sutherland - and why it is important. It is being promoted by the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) in partnership with Forest Enterprise, Scottish Natural Heritage, The Forestry Commission and Plantlife Scotland.
manwithtwodogs
"Man with two dogs" isn't a website just for dog owners and dog walkers but is a countryside diary which appears each Saturday in the Dundee Courier & Advertiser newspaper. It’s not just about the east coast of Scotland but also about other parts of the country. The site covers articles back to 2003 - and that's a lot of ground to cover, with or without two dogs.
Heather Society>
The Heather Society covers every aspect of heathers from the wild heathers of European heaths and moorlands to the rare splendours of South African heaths. It is the International Registration Authority for Andromeda, Calluna, Daboecia and Erica. You can even design your new heather garden on line. There is also a North American Heather Society>.
Handy Guide to Heathers> has descriptions of more than 1000 cultivars including several hundred photographs. Many of the descriptions use the official Heather Society Colour Chart to describe flower colours. There is a Java interface to that allows you to search for cultivars depending on their flower or foliage colour, height, spread, flowering time etc. There are details of sources of supply worldwide. The pictures are taken from the Heather Society's slide library. There is also a printed version available for purchase.
Garden Blethers
Described as a 'serious' look at the non-serious aspects of all things gardening, the Garden Blethers website is based on a book written by Patrick Vickery. The articles are written in a conversational style and are informative as well as humorous.
Brin Herb Nursery
The Brin Herb Nursery is in Flichity, Strath-nairn, Inverness-shire. They stock a large range of herbs and native plants and have a shop and small cafe, display gardens plus a range of unique Spoff - Highland Muesli.
Clear Cut Urban Forestry>
Aberdeen-based tree surgeons who also provide photometric analysis and subsidence risk assessment.
Essential British Gardens
Essential British Gardens is a digest of some of the finest gardens and arboretums throughout Britain and is based on the author's experiences and those of other keen gardening friends. The North of Scotland and South of Scotland sections have links to a wealth of Scottish gardens, including:
- Achamore House, Isle of Gigha
- Ardkinglass Woodland Garden, Cairndow
- Arduaine Garden, Argyll>
- Armadale Castle Armadale, Isle of Skye
- Crarae Garden, Argyll
- Crathes Castle, Banchory, Aberdeenshire>
- Drum Castle and Garden, Peterculter, Near, Aberdeen
- Glen Grant Distillery Garden, Rothes, Near Elgin, Moray
- Inverewe Garden, Poolewe, Gairloch
- Inschriach Alpine Nursery, Aviemore, Highland
- Kinlochlaich House Garden Plant Centre, Near Appin, Oban, Argyll
- Leith Hall & Garden, Kennethmont>
- Pitmedden Garden, Aberdeenshire>
- Younger Botanic Garden Benmore, Near Dunoon, Argyll
- Branklyn Gardens, Perth>
- Brodick Castle, Arran>
- Broughton House, Kircudbright>
- Castle Kennedy Gardens, Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway
- Cluny House, Near Aberfeldy, Perthshire
- Culzean Castle>
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- Dawyck Botanic Garden Stobo, Near Peebles
- Drummond Castle Gardens, Crieff, Perthshire
- Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith, Edinburgh
- Edzell Castle, Near Edzell, Angus
- Falkland Palace and Garden, Fife>
- Glenarn, Rhu, Argyll
- Glenwhan, Dunragit, Stranraer, Dumfies and Galloway
- Greenbank Garden, Glasgow>
- Hill of Tarvit Mansion & Garden, Cupar, Fife>
- Inveresk Lodge Garden, Musselburgh
- Kellie Castle & Garden, Pittenweem>
- Logan Botanic Garden Port Logan, Dumfries and Galloway
- Malleny Garden, Balerno>
- Mellerstain House, Near Gordon, Scottish Borders
- Mertoun Gardens Dryborough, Near St Boswells, Scottish Borders
- Monteviot House Garden Jedburgh, Scottish Borders
- Pitmuies House and Garden, Near Friockheim, Arbroath, Angus
- St Andrews Botanic Garden St Andrews, Fife
- Teviot Water Gardens, Eckford, Kelso, Scottish Borders
- Threave Garden, Castle Douglas>
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Fishkey
Fishkey, based in Banff, is an e-information and service company for the fish and seafood industry. The site provides to subscribers up to the minute fish landings information and fish auction prices. Fishkey also provides the latest news, fish industry related jobs and trading opportunities.
Water of Leith Conservation Trust>
The Water of Leith is a river which flows thirty five kilometres from its source in the Pentland Hills through the villages of Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green and Colinton into the heart of Edinburgh at Wester Coates, Dean, Stockbridge and Warriston and on to its mouth with the Firth of Forth in Leith. The site covers local history, wildlife and walks. There is a useful map with "pop-up" information.
Cove Conservation Park>
An innovative visitor centre, the Park covers 50 acres and is home to over 600 animals and birds, and features over 120 different species of plant life, rare breed animals, wildlife habbitats, solar power and wind power demonstrations.
Scottish Centre for Ecological Data>
Provides data on land use in Scotland and satellite maps of land cover.
Gardening Scotland>
Details of the Gardening Show in 100,000 square feet of covered exhibition space at the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston, Edinburgh in early June. In addition to horticulture, the show features exhibitions of floral art, crafts, garden accessories and Scottish cuisine.
Harry Hood Dry Stone Paving and Walling
Harry creates dry stone paving and dry stone walling, landscaping, granite sett paving design and natural stonework without cement. Using a range of materials, he can produce streetscaping or landscaping with a difference, including celtic knotwork patterns using granite setts. He has experience of working with many different types of stone in many different locations, including Caithness slate for paving and for a drystane dyke in the Beechgrove Garden, Yorkstone paving in Sheffield and on Ben Alder Lodge Estate etc.
Ardkinglas Estate - Argyll>
Located on the A83 between Arrochar and Inveraray, Ardkinglas is a commercial woodland which has areas of arboretum as part of the Conifer Conservation Programme of the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. There are hill walks and woodland trails.
Isle of Skye Flora
This site is introduced as a list of flowering plants and ferns recorded as growing wild on the Isle of Skye but it is much more than that as there are lovely photographs (often more than one) of more than 75% of the nearly 700 plants covered plus detailed descriptions. And the Nature Notes from Skye is a lavishly illustrated naturalist's diary of this lovely island.
John Muir Trust>
The Trust is involved in conservation of wild places and education and is involved in a number of properties> in Scotland including:
The Web pages for the John Muir Centre> are linked to his Birthplace Museum> in East Lothian. The site includes links to the full texts of two of Muir's books, "My First Summer in the Sierra"> and "Our National Parks">.
Glasgow Natural History Society
The Society exists to encourage the study of natural history, principally in the West of Scotland. The site has information about the society and general information about the programme of events and meetings held throughout the year in Glasgow and district.
Zoological Society of Glasgow>
The site has very few graphics but provides news, events and a "how to get there" for the Glasgow Zoo park.
Visit The farm,Scotland/la ferme, Ecosse>, a virtual farm in Dunino, Fife. See how the crops are doing, fun stuff, potato recipes. The site is in French as well as English so you can practice languages too!
Central Scotland Countryside Trust>
CSCT is transforming the landscape in a huge swathe of Scotland's central belt between Edinburgh and Glasgow by creating the Central Scotland Forest between Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Pentland Hills and the Campsie Fells through the planting of millions of trees.
Highland Connexion>
Highland Connexion (their spelling!) is well worth a visit. It covers a wide range of subjects including Highland Environment > and the Highland ECO Centre at Ullapool.
Mountain Bothies Association>
This voluntary organisation maintains simple, unlocked shelters in remote country for the use and benefit of all who love wild and lonely places. It has about 100 unlocked shelters in some of the remoter parts of the UK.
Vegan Family House>
Vegan philosophies, ideas and the alternative choices from the North East of Scotland for anyone who wants to learn about veganism and related subjects plus links for people who are already vegetarians.
Dark-Sky-Lighting
Supplier of power-saving GlareBuster sky-friendly floodlight fittings which provide safe, effective lighting of homes and small businesses without glare. They can also save you money as they use less energy than conventional halogen floodlights - and help you reduce pollution and unpleasant sky glow at the same time.
Centre for Independent Living in Glasgow>
The Centre for Independent Living in Glasgow provides services to promote Independent Living for disabled people. The Centre is run by disabled people and these pages describe the services provided, news and discussion. A wide range of disabilities is covered.