Pitmedden Garden NTS

16/06/2025

🌿 Here are some more interesting historical snippets about the herbs in the garden:

Iris versicolour / Blue Flag
This beautiful iris conceals a powerful medicine in its roots. Native to North America, it was traditionally used by native American tribes as a stimulant for the liver and as a blood cleanser to treat wounds as well as a remedy for skin conditions. It was also thought to dispel rattlesnakes.

Tagetes tenuifolia / Signet Marigold
This is a native of Mexico but was introduced to Britain in the late 16th century. It was used in traditional medicine as a digestive and to treat snake bites and bruises. The characteristic scent repels insects and is therefore often used as a companion plant in vegetable gardens.

Aristolochia clematitis / Birthwort
According to the 'Doctrine of Signatures', a major concept of ancient medicine, plants were designed to resemble the body part they could treat. Aristolochia flowers were thought to be womb-shaped and so the herb was used to speed up labour and to facilitate childbirth.

If you'd like to hear more about the history, function, and use of herbs in 1600s please join us at Pitmedden Garden for 'A Discourse on Herbs In The 17th Century', details and tickets are still available for Saturday 5th July here: https://pitmeddenherbs.eventbrite.co.uk

13/06/2025

🌷🌼 If you're interested in having a little bit of Pitmedden Garden at home, take note!

We will have a plant sale on this weekend only. Stock is limited and features the types that have been in our annual displays this year. Trays cost £5 each.

13/06/2025

👋 We're looking for a reliable delivery firm able to transport small quantities of fuel to some of our remote sites across Aberdeenshire. If you can offer this service or recommend a local company, please drop us a comment below or send a DM!

12/06/2025

🔔 Job alert!

We are looking for a housekeeper to join our team at Pitmedden, looking after the visitor facilities as well as holiday accommodation.

This is a part time, fixed term position, closing on 22nd June. The full job description and application details may be found on the NTS website here: https://www.nts.org.uk/volunteering-jobs/job-search/north-east

07/06/2025

🌟 Celebrating Volunteer Appreciation🌟

This week, we pause to recognize and honor the incredible dedication our volunteers make at Pitmedden Garden. Their selfless efforts, time, and passion inspire us all and remind us of the power of giving back.

To our volunteers: we thank you for your kindness, commitment, and hard work. We are truly grateful for everything you do.

Let’s take this opportunity to show our appreciation and encourage everyone to get involved. Together, we can continue to make a difference!

If you are interested in volunteering at Pitmedden Garden please pop in to see us or contact [email protected] 🌟

31/05/2025

🚨 Notice to Our Valued Customers 🚨

Due to unforeseen staff illness, our kitchen will be closed today. During this time, we will only be serving tea, coffee, cold drinks, a selection of delicious cakes, and pre-made sandwiches.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. We look forward to welcoming you back to our full menu soon!

Thank you for your support. ☕🍰🥪

30/05/2025

🌾 At the moment, weather permitting, we're in the middle of a busy few weeks of planting out our thousands of summer bedding plants into the parterres on our lower terrace.

We have pelargonium, salvia, begonia, marigold, lobelia, and cineraria taking their places in one of the beds amongst our four parterres. The bedding plants highlight the clipped box, yew, and lonicera hedging that form the shapes of the parterres and give the garden its formality.

29/05/2025

💙 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆? 👀
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Imagine leading the operations of some of Scotland's most historically significant sites!

We're recruiting 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 in our North East senior leadership team: 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁.. Your leadership will directly shape the success of these iconic places.

These positions offer a powerful platform to lead and drive change, encompassing key responsibilities such as:

👆 Elevating Visitor Experiences: Redefine how hundreds of thousands of visitors connect with our historic sites each year.

📈 Driving Commercial Growth: Be the creative, strategic business leader, identifying and implementing new ideas and approaches, in keeping with our values, diverse heritage portfolio and audiences.

🏰Taking Pride in Conservation: Lead vital conservation and capital projects, actively promoting our charity and places as heritage for all.

We’re looking for experienced professional in visitor attraction management, with a proven shareability in business development and inspiring team leadership. Your blend of creative ideas and commercial acumen will be vital in driving the growth and appeal of our sites.

Discover how you can make your mark. Apply now via the link below or contact the hiring team for a chat. 🔗👇

26/05/2025

26/05/2025

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20/01/2025

After the snow showers of last week, the weather was perfect this week to start pruning our apple and pear trees. With almost 200 varieties of fruit trees at Pitmedden Garden it will probably take our gardeners another couple of weeks to get around them all.