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Live music every Thursday with Tweed
Live folk session, led by local musicians, but open to all who can play.
Feel free to bring your instrument and if you are of a level who can keep up, then please get involved.
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Where: The walk will take roughly 3 hours and will remain within the Gardens & Grounds of Blair Castle, so an ability to manage this distance is required.
Details:
Join foraging expert Tamara Colchester on a three-hour Spring walk that will introduce participants to around 15 wild, edible and medicinal trees, flowers and plants, along with their etymology, folklore and how best to prepare them.
Learn as you go about poisonous plants, and how to safely identify and avoid them. This meditative, sensory walk will take you into the riotous abundance of spring, ending in a foraged herbal tea with delicious cakes and biscuits prepared with wild ingredients.
Over the past seven years, Tamara has been studying wild plants and her journey began when she was carrying out research for a film about hunter-gatherers. Inspired by her initial findings, she embraced the idea of discovering how people can live off the land in the Northern Hemisphere and in particular the UK. She has built up an incredible knowledge of plants, their food and medicinal benefits, as well as becoming attuned to the seasons and understanding how our eating requirements change and adapt with the weather. In addition to learning about the plants, herbs, trees and flowers in the UK, she has also taken time to understand animal tracking, as to survive in the Northern Hemisphere an omnivore diet is essential.
The walk will take roughly 3 hours and will remain within the Gardens & Grounds of Blair Castle, so an ability to manage this distance is required.
Ticket price: £45 per person, children (under 16 years old) £20.
There are limited places available, subject to availability.
Seasonal Foraging Dates:
Summer Foraging: Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th August
Autumn Foraging: Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th October
Family fun for the whole family at Blair Castle & Gardens this Easter.
Join us for the long weekend in the gardens of Blair Castle for an Easter celebration. We’ve paired the traditional family favourites of an egg hunt and decorating with a food & drink market, showcasing some great Scottish produce.
Food & Drink Fair
Scotland is known for its impressive larder and Perthshire is home to some of the finest produce there is. Browse the selection of stalls we have on offer over the weekend, from gin suppliers and beer to seafood and of course, ice cream.
Easter Activities
There will be plenty to do around the gardens for the whole family. From the traditional favourites of egg rolling and decorating to a visit from the Easter bunny. There will also be an egg hunt around Hercules Garden.
See our timings for Saturday 8th April below. There’s no need to pre-book your activities, just join in.
- Egg decorating with the Easter Bunny – 11am in the Banvie Hall
- Egg rolling competition starts at 11.30am
- Easter egg hunt in Hercules Garden – 12pm
- Feed our friendly deer – 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm
• Entry with a castle gardens ticket.
The annual Ballater Duck Festival is held on the 2nd June 2024 from 11am to 4pm, is a family fun day on the Village Green (AB35 5NE) in the centre of Ballater on Royal Deeside involving 50 plus trades, craft and charity stalls, with entertainment for children including bouncy castle, bouncy slide and merry-go-round.
As well as the local shops, restaurants and cafes, there are food stalls on the Green including burgers, pizza and donuts. The Ballater Pipe Band plays and there’s live musical entertainment on the stage plus many other events on the Green, culminating in a giant inflatable duck race on the River Dee and a Tote if you fancy a ‘flutter’ on one of the ducks.
Stallholders can apply for a pitch at this year’s event by contacting ballaterducks@gmail.com and requesting an application form.
Fundraising dinner, Speyside Hotel, Grantown on Spey, 11 March 2023 at 6pm.
Wheels4Life is a non-profit charity, that provides bicycles to people in great need of transportation throughout the developing world. We work with volunteers in the field, local organisations and non profits, schools, community leaders and health care clinics they help us identify those people in genuine need of a bike. These people are those that live in both primative and remote areas, with no access to, nor the means of affording public transportation. The closest school, doctor, or work place might be as far as 10 to 20 miles away.The gift of mobility can make all the difference to a person’s life and help them to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty.
Between dinner courses three locals will talk about and share : A Lands End to John O’ Groats bike ride, Green and sustainable initiatives in Grantown on Spey and taking part in the World Butchers Challenge in the United States.
For the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, we are offering a complimentary in-store tasting of Angels’ Nectar Scotch Whisky at the Speyside Centre. Inspired by the Angels’ share, Angels’ Nectar showcases contrasting styles of Scotch Whisky for you to enjoy.
The line up will include a chance to try our Angels’ Nectar Cairngorms 3rd Edition, from our series of Single Cask Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whiskies, bottled in partnership with the Cairngorms Trust to support Environmental and Community projects in the Cairngorms National Park.
Angels’ Nectar Scotch Whisky is brought to you by Grantown-on-Spey based Highfern Ltd.
Join our whisky and chocolate tasting, where you will be guided through four different expressions of whisky.
At the end of the whisky and chocolate tasting you’ll know which expressions you enjoy and be able to choose from 100s of whiskies behind a bar and know you’ll enjoy each one.
Never again will you be stuck thinking which whisky should I order.
The whiskies and the chocolate will flow throughout the evening all hosted by our own whisky ambassador.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Country Inn and restaurant during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.
Join our whisky and cheese tasting, where you will be guided through four different expressions of whisky.
At the end of the whisky and cheese tasting you’ll know which expressions you enjoy and be able to choose from 100s of whiskies behind a bar and know you’ll enjoy each one.
Never again will you be stuck thinking which whisky should I order.
The whiskies and the cheese will flow throughout the evening all hosted by our own whisky ambassador.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Country Inn and restaurant during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.
Round off your weekend with some great music from some of the best musical talents.
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