Fingask Castle

The Yarrow is our Fingask Friday Flower - Achillea millefolium - it has been in full bloom for weeks a the back of the castle. Once established it is highly drought resistant making it a favourite for gravel gardens, meadows and cottage gardens.

Achillea Is named after the Greek warrior - legend says he would use the plant to heal the wounds of his soldiers.

Fingask guinea fowl enjoying the autumn sunshine - autumn is sometimes described as the new spring - the birds are singing and mint and chives are suddenly sprouting again

CONGRATULATIONS Isla and Ben Cipars who came to take pictures at Fingask today and remember their August celebrations
FOR MEMORIES THAT LAST CHOOSE FINGASK

"FOR MEMORIES THAT LAST, CHOOSE FINGASK!"

We pride ourselves on our flexibility - what you see is what you get.
Outdoor weddings are a speciality - you can decide on the day! We don't need 3 days notice!

Photograph by Sunshine Photography & Videography - Glasgow

This time last week the Fingask Jacobite tea party was in FULL Swing - do admire the party gathered around the famous picture of Sir Stuart Threipland and the Angel by Delacour - at Fingask you can pop your head through the cut out and be Sir Stuart! Thank you so much for attending the event.

Fingask Friday Foliage: Bear's breeches AKA Acanthus mollis . Acanthus leaves decorate the tops of Corinthian columns in Rome and Greece dating back to the 5th century BC inspired by the ancient Greek sculptor Callimachus Today it still appears on columns, in jewellery, wall paper, wooden furniture and at Fingask the fireplace in Gean Tree Cottage - why not rent this delightful cottage and see for yourselves!

Fingask Friday Flower - Buddleia - the butterfly bush - pictured at Fingask with a Red Admiral Butterfly. Carl Linnaeus the famous Swedish botanist, who created our binomial system of naming living things, named the plant in honour of botanist Adam Buddle. It thrives in poor dry soils and can handle extreme urban pollution, after the WWII in Britain it was well known as the bombsite plant as it naturally colonised the ruined city's rubble and bombed areas bringing colour and life to grey landscapes.

Fancy doing something different in August?
Come along to Fingask Castle on Sunday 23rd as part of Jacobite Scotland's Festival.
This is your chance to visit a Jacobite stronghold, home to Sir Stuart Threipland - Bonnie Prince Charlie's physician.

Fingask's Long Barrow will also be open - the first to be built in Scotland in over 4000 years!

More information and tickets can be found here -

The Jacobite Festival An opportunity to visit a Jacobite stronghold – home to Sir Stuart Threipland – Bonnie Prince Charlie’s physician.

CONGRATULATIONS Aisling and Atlas - married yesterday on Ossian's Lawn at Fingask