Lews Castle Grounds - Stornoway Trust

07/02/2025

🌲 Castle Grounds Volunteers 🌳
Another productive morning with our volunteers, who helped us plant new hedging around the Memorial Garden, and the sun came out just in time for a cuppa.
If you want to come along and join our volunteers contact: [email protected]

31/01/2025

🌳Castle Grounds Volunteers🌲
Beautiful day in the Grounds with our brilliant Volunteers.
Lots of chat, a visit to the Boatman's Tower, and17 bags of rubbish collected.
If you want to know more contact [email protected]

27/01/2025

🌲Castle Grounds Volunteers🌳
On our second volunteer morning of 2025 we planted around 100 Oak and Sweet Chestnut saplings in the Grounds thanks to the hard work of our Volunteers (we managed to sneak in some tea/coffee and biscuits as well). If you would like to come along and take part in looking after the Castle Grounds contact me at: [email protected]

17/01/2025

13/12/2024

⭐A huge thanks to everyone who attended our Christmas wreath workshop. All the wreaths were amazing, full of berries and colour and all made from freshly collected foliage from the Castle Grounds.

02/12/2024

⭐️CHRISTMAS WREATH WORKSHOPS⭐
Join us for a cosy, Christmas wreath making workshop, at Marybank Lodge, led by our Gardeners.

There will be an interesting and varied range of foliage, freshly collected from the Castle Grounds, for you to use. You are also welcome to bring along your own materials to add to your wreath.

We will have mulled fruit juice and Christmas cake to help keep the cold at bay.

There will be a morning and afternoon workshop on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th of December.
The morning session will run between 10:30am to 12:30pm and the afternoon session 2pm to 4pm.

The cost of the Workshop is £40 per person.

You can book your place by contacting the Stornoway Trust office on 01851 702002

Also, a selection of beautiful turned wooden items, made by the Trust Joiners, will be available for purchase (on a cash sale basis).

29/11/2024

Castle Grounds Volunteers.
A busy day in the Nursery yesterday, despite the frosty conditions. Our volunteers experimented using sheep fleece as a mulch around fruit trees and collected several bulk bags of leaf litter to add to compost.
If you would like to take part contact [email protected]

22/11/2024

🌲CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING WORKSHOPS🌲

Join us for a cosy, relaxed Christmas wreath making workshop. held at Marybank Lodge, and led by our Head Gardener. We will have lots of interesting and varied foliage, freshly collected from the Castle Grounds, for you to use. You are also welcome to bring along your own materials to add to your wreath.

There will also be mulled drink and Christmas cake to help keep the cold at bay.

There will be a morning and afternoon workshop on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th of December.

The morning session will run between 10:30am to 12:30pm and the afternoon session 2pm to 4pm.

The cost of the Workshop is £40 per person.

You can book your place by contacting the Stornoway Trust office on 01851 702002

Also, a selection of beautiful turned wooden items, made by the Trust Joiners, will be available for purchase (on a cash sale basis).

20/11/2024

Lews Castle Grounds: Arnish Bridge Update:
All the metalwork has been fabricated and now the timber components are undergoing treatment. This process will take around two to three weeks. The next stage will be transporting the bridge to site and removing the old bridge. please be aware that the roads in the area will be closed during these operations. Notices of closure will be posted nearer the time.

20/11/2024

🌲STORNOWAY TRUST CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING WORKSHOPS

Hello Everyone, we will be holding morning and afternoon Christmas wreath making sessions on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th of December.

The morning session will run between 10:30am to 12:30pm and the afternoon session 2pm to 4pm.

These cosy, relaxed workshops will be held at Marybank Lodge, and led by our Head Gardener.

We will have an interesting selection of colourful foliage, freshly collected from the Castle Grounds, for you to use. We will also provide a mulled drink and Christmas cake to help keep the cold at bay.

The cost of the Workshop is £40 per person.

You can book your place by contacting the Stornoway Trust office on 01851 702002

Also, a selection of beautiful turned wooden items, made by the Trust Joiners, will be available for purchase (on a cash sale basis).

15/11/2024

Castle Grounds Volunteers
Twelve bags of litter collected from the Grounds thanks to our volunteers. If you would like to join us contact [email protected]

13/11/2024

For more information contact:
[email protected]
07584607581