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19/11/2024

Winter has now arrived.

Two consecutive days below zero and some hard frost setting in. Perhaps differently to other wild meadows we let ours go completely bonkers with as little human interaction as possible. This means it takes time for the balance to be found. Winter sees the grasses begin to tussock and gaps appear where different bits and bobs start to appear. If you look carefully you can see little spaces where insects and creepy crawlies are finding a warm home. Other meadows that we’ve been developing for a number of years have stronger diversity of flowers and all sorts of flora and fauna and it’s such an adventure to see the meadows develop

17/11/2024

Winter is coming 🥶

22/10/2024

Reminiscing about summer time today in the midst of autumn 🍂- you can see the length of the wild meadows, the abundance of the walled garden. It was a particularly challenging year with many changes in Scottish and Westminster government legislation making running a rural business that much more challenging. Thanks for everyone who has supported us this year and we look forward to some hard winter work getting ready for 2025.

27/08/2024

So wonderful to receive photos from Helena & Jesse’s wedding earlier this year taken by the very talented I will be sharing a few more of her great shots from their big day but for now enjoy these wonderful happy photographs from the garden and coach house

21/08/2024

It’s a weird old time of year in the garden. You’ve got a variety of flowers out and in full bloom plus large fruit (pears and apples) on the tree. You can see the borage starting to get a bit leggy but the bees are still madly in love with it! The leaves for the most part in the parkland are green and vibrant but those which go the deepest red in autumn begin their fast paced journey to dropping around this time.

In other news our seedling area has been disassembled and the wood used will begin repairing sections from the garden, seedling will go back into the glasshouses and poly tunnels and we then begin the preparations for winter. When the very last phases of structural work will begin in the garden. Two bits of fencing some hedging and turfing will mean come spring time we are in a really really good position for some exciting news with

08/08/2024

What a change!

This year has been a series of mega highs and lows in the garden. Obviously the weather! But we could talk about that forever. Earlier this year the legislation changed in the U.K. and that prevented us from taking on volunteers.

Needless to say with just mum and cam the garden started to get really out of hand.

However not that long ago the legislation was clarified and wwoofing was no longer impacted to such an extent!!

As a result we’ve stocked up on some of the best talent wwoof currently has available and they’ve helped us go from to bottom restoring all hard work that has occurred over the last decade!

I’ll be sure to post more videos soon but in the meantime enjoy this before and after shot.

You might ask yourself why is all that green waste on the path? Cam designed the garden to be as low effort as possible. Where ever you need to w**d you can just plonk w**ds on a grass path and our giant lawnmower picks them up mulches them and then combines them with other compost material it is an absolute game changer.

07/08/2024

Final weekend RESIDENT I our first annual residency exhibition.
Open Friday-Sunday 10-3pm

Our resident artists have provided us with a variety of interpretations of the Scottish particularly East Lothian countryside works are from: and .h

20/07/2024

This August we are launching our first annual artist in residence group show “RESIDENT I” featuring all the artists that have participated in our program since its inception.

The exhibition which will take place in the main house will run from 2nd-11th August 10-3

For more information please direct message or contact via the website.

Artists:

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30/06/2024

Fil & Mishka from a week ago! Not often we have a wedding in the garden but the weather has definitely been in our favour at colstoun recently but not everywhere else!

23/06/2024

A family wedding! & .fil_mo !

Fishka as we like to call them arrived at Colstoun about 7 years ago with the intention of staying for a few weeks and improving their English before their wider travels and work in the U.K. … however… they quickly became a very important part of our family.

They call Lyn mom, and they are most certainly a part of the fabric of our lives and integral members of our family.

When they came back in 2023 fil proposed to Mishka in the courtyard in front of the family recounting to us all the importance of Colstoun in their relationship and lives.

Yesterday we watched them get married in front of friends and family and it was lovely and emotional in so many beautiful ways.

We love you Fishka!

15/05/2024

Last weekend we were lucky to have brilliant May weather and the perfect chance for people to enjoy the pop up cafe we host in the courtyard during exhibitions.

This week is the last weekend of ‘s The Other Side Fri-Sun 10-3. The next opportunity to enjoy our courtyard cafe will be our August exhibition 😊

09/05/2024

This weekend exhibition The Other Side continues along with our open gardens from 10-3 Friday-Sunday

We’ve also got coffee, tea and cakes available after a refreshing walk in the garden (hopefully the weather is nicer than last weekend

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08/05/2024

The gardens reopen this weekend 10-3 Friday-Sunday along side our exhibition of work through for more information please send us a DM or email me [email protected]

05/05/2024

Alongside our exhibition we have tea, coffee and cake served in the courtyard for anyone that is wanting to explore the grounds tomorrow between 10-3

Then we are open again 10-3 Friday-Sunday for the next 2 weeks along with our little cafe.

Like you too could enjoy the splendour of Colstoun’s gardens in the spring

03/05/2024

Our presentation of ‘s exhibition “The Other Side” begins tomorrow with the event launch between 5-7pm.

It has been an incredible journey to get this far and hard to believe that tomorrow is the big launch day!

27/04/2024

Saturday 4th of May between 5-7pm we launch ‘s exhibition The Other Side in The Coach House with .

Joe creates large scale abstracted Landscape paintings which serve as a commentary of humanities impact on the landscape, he often recreates landscapes from his childhood that have been destroyed or impacted by human activity.

For more information don’t hesitate to contact via DM.

25/04/2024

Between the 4th-18th May is hosting an exhibition of ‘s work called The Other Side. The gallery space and gardens will be open 10am-3pm Friday Saturday, Sunday and the bank holiday Monday during this period. At the same time the walled garden, and parkland will be open to the public we hope to see you along to experience some wonderful spring gardens and art.

22/04/2024

One of most iconic parts of Colstoun is the cabbage tree. 🌳 doesn’t matter if it is spring, winter, autumn or summer it’s big and beautiful and wonderful to look at!

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Welcome to Colstoun House - Scotland’s oldest family home. In 2010 we opened our doors to the public for the first time in 900 years as an exclusive use events and wedding venue. Since then we’ve used the house and grounds to create a truly unique experience.

We follow a simple motto when it comes to any experience at colstoun “Our house, Your home”. We strive to make you feel relaxed and at home. This motto is at the core of every event at Colstoun and we feel it is why we won the 2018 Scottish Rural Award for Hospitality.

Colstoun is also the Ancestral Home of the Broun Family. If you are a Broun or Brown and what to arrange a visit please contact us via the Contact Page

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