Colstoun House and Gardens Events venue in the heart of East Lothian.
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
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
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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!
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!
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 😊
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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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]
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
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!
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.
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.
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!
Just 2 weeks until exhibition launch of ‘s The Other Side. We’d love to welcome you to our exhibition launch at Colstoun on the 4th May between 5-7pm.
This is our first exhibition in the coach house and trialling some of the curation plan last week was absolutely mega. The paintings are perfectly suited to the character and size of the coach house. We can’t wait to welcome you to the exhibition.
Alongside the opening we also have our open gardens and exhibition opening hours 10-3pm on weeks between 4th-18th May bank holiday included where we have a cafe as well!
See you all soon!
The colstoun team
Sunshine between the rain clouds today! 🌧️
There is so much blossom 🌸and gorgeous greenery appearing in the garden which may be as a result of all the rain we’ve had recently!
It is just a few weeks before we open for our first garden opening hopefully some wild meadows and more flowers will be joining us along with some heat!
Hidden behind the wall of the garden is an old orchard full of beautiful establish trees well over 150 years old. They produce mega apples and they are beautiful and hidden and sweet.
This week in Scotland - rain ☔️
It seems like it hasn’t stop since the beginning of the year, we’ve had ponds and lakes appear where they definitely aren’t meant to be! And mowing has definitely not been able to start properly but hopefully with this big old soak we’ve had the gardens will be set up for a beautiful spring proper ahead. We’ve also been able to appreciate beautiful reflections on water of trees above!
I’m very sad to say that due to law changes in the U.K. it now makes a non viable option for hosts.
WWOOFers have been the biggest part of our journey in the garden over the last decade and it’s sad to think we won’t have more opportunities to meet and engage with people from communities over the world.
Through the programme we’ve met Canadians, Americans, Mexicans, Argentinians, Australians, Kiwis, Brits, Israeli, Palestinians, French, Spaniards, Japanese, Italians, Germans, Danish, Norwegians, Slovaks, Austrians, Dutch, Polish, Chinese, Taiwanese, Moroccan, South African people just to name a few. On any given year we would host about 12-30 people from March until September…
ironically we were just the vessel for them to experience the world and other cultures.
There are so many examples but take for instance who met they ended up travelling the world together from a chance wwoofing experience at Colstoun. It’s very sad to see these changes and that our dinner tables are going to be 4-6 people quieter during the long summer nights.
We will move on and continue to evolve and improve but for now we can reminisce on a decade of meeting wonderful people and how they improved our lives in a much bigger way than just helping in the Garden!
This spring we are all about structure! Planting robust elements into the walled garden that will breakup the larger sections. Some highlights include:
1) a Photonia Red Robin hedge planted to create a hidden meadow within the walls of the garden it will take a couple of years to hide what is behind it however the immediate barrier means we can add to meadow which is where the new bees are being kept!
2) a line of h**es which will break up the left hand growing section of the garden, h**e are strong solid plants that will provide shade and protection for some of the more delicate growing and eating flowers and fruits.
3) Roses! We have 40 roses that are about to migrate from the nursery into the walled garden. It’s a really exciting time as we’ve propagated these roses on from some of the heirloom varieties from colstoun
The coach house, the home of events and on the Colstoun estate
This time last year we were saying goodbye to who’d been on residency with … although the weather is pretty miserable today it definitely isn’t snowing! What a difference a year makes.
This year colstoun arts is expanding its programme to include some exhibitions which we can’t wait to tell you about.
A chilly old start to the week! The days are lengthening out and warming up though which means the garden is beginning to come to life slowly!
Another shot from Aileen & Kyle | 15 07 23 by
The glass house is a special tranquil escape from the craziness of the wedding party. Where the couple can spend a few moments and a few deep breaths amongst the flowers mum has been growing, ducking under the fig tree on their way in.
It is one of my favourite places at Colstoun.
Aileen & Kyle | 15 07 23
Photography from
This spring we will be opening the gardens including the walled garden to the public for the first time ever. Expect blossom and beautiful flowers (hopefully) - Details will be announced over the coming weeks but it will coincide with the first public exhibition - we are hoping as the project evolves that this will become a regular occurrence throughout the spring summer and autumn months in years to come.
We are looking for people to join our garden volunteer team. It’s a great opportunity to grow your own veg and fruit and be a part of an ever improving project. We’d love to hear from you if you want to join us.
We are particularly interested if you have prior experience in pruning and harvesting.
We are located between Haddington and Gifford and we work all the way through the year.
February, this year you’ve been a little different, bright blue skies and wonderful sunshine.
Wonderful to see the days lengthening out and the morning sun at Colstoun shining on the coach house. Not long now and it’ll be coming into the season where our wild meadows grow and flowers start to blossom!
We are looking for local volunteers to join in our walled garden team. We are looking people with skills with planting and pruning specifically. If you are interested in joining us for some volunteering send a direct message to either the Mart or Colstoun Instagram accounts ☺️
Enjoying our lovely evening power outage. 🕯️ + 🥘 = a lovely evening
is a regular fixture at Colstoun for our wedding catering, but when cam returned from Australia this week he met up with Gary’s son Sam who is the executive chef at the sydney Sofitel.
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