https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes daily 0.75 2026-08-14 https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes/the-faithful-five-unsung-hero-perennials-that-deliver-in-scottish-gardens monthly 0.5 2026-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/e1468d90-efc2-4b65-bb40-5ea4f8aabfc1/walkers+low.jpg Field Notes - The Faithful Five: Unsung Hero Perennials That Deliver in Scottish Gardens - Nepeta 'Walker's Low'. Nepeta “"Walkers Low” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/c66e42f2-71de-44f9-a812-2db0b0b2cf87/beauty+of+livermere.jpg Field Notes - The Faithful Five: Unsung Hero Perennials That Deliver in Scottish Gardens - Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermere’. Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermere’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/92cc24c8-f91b-4f8b-ae1c-83d4966a1377/iris-sibirica-bot.jpg Field Notes - The Faithful Five: Unsung Hero Perennials That Deliver in Scottish Gardens - Iris sibirica Where bearded irises need their rhizomes baked in full sun to be truly happy, the Siberian iris thrives in the damper, cooler Scottish climate. It takes wet ground in its stride, stands upright without staking, and leaves good structure long after the flowers have gone. Just make sure to divide it regularly, as large clumps tend to flower less. Lots of varieties to choose from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/5ce48421-7cb6-42c4-8225-a9ef28e33a21/Veronicastrum-virginicum-Album.jpg Field Notes - The Faithful Five: Unsung Hero Perennials That Deliver in Scottish Gardens - Veronicastrum virginicum 'Album' Veronicastrum virginicum 'Album' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/7c613da8-c554-42fb-8c14-263a81154c30/Persicaria-Alba073955b-scaled.jpg Field Notes - The Faithful Five: Unsung Hero Perennials That Deliver in Scottish Gardens - Bistorta amplexicaulis 'Alba'. (still widely sold as Persicaria) Bistorta amplexicaulis 'Alba'. (still widely sold as Persicaria) https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes/its-already-here-so-why-bother-the-case-for-defending-against-endemic-disease monthly 0.5 2026-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/ea3066c0-59e6-4e59-8781-ca5e986335a6/IMG_3031.JPG Field Notes - It's Already Here, So Why Bother? The Case for Defending Against Endemic Disease - Make it stand out A healthy well structured pine woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/8170be29-889c-4787-95c3-d21cc2969ffe/11131758_10152841857211378_291417424_n.jpg Field Notes - It's Already Here, So Why Bother? The Case for Defending Against Endemic Disease - Make it stand out Plant material inspection at the border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/a9bad383-b757-406a-8ba6-4d8cd342bea8/IMG_4006.JPG Field Notes - It's Already Here, So Why Bother? The Case for Defending Against Endemic Disease - Make it stand out Rejected shipment containing phohibited potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/d86fbbaf-d5fe-417f-b5da-b6f5827207eb/11092726_10152841861861378_2015164319_n.jpg Field Notes - It's Already Here, So Why Bother? The Case for Defending Against Endemic Disease - Make it stand out Plant material at border being inspected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/8aa34d83-69d8-4c4b-9043-544c97640519/11117815_10152841857266378_829758178_n.jpg Field Notes - It's Already Here, So Why Bother? The Case for Defending Against Endemic Disease - Make it stand out Plant material arriving to be inspected. https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes/before-you-break-ground-what-aerial-survey-reveals-beneath-a-heritage-landscape monthly 0.5 2026-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/24ee93bf-1333-4242-ad2f-25cfb5ed8d92/DJI_20260716171233_0080_D.JPG Field Notes - Before You Break Ground: What Aerial Survey Reveals Beneath a Heritage Landscape - Make it stand out Aerial View showing a long since abandoned croft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/60d8c1b3-d4b8-4e12-87f3-5fe878ca1b47/cic.jpg Field Notes - Before You Break Ground: What Aerial Survey Reveals Beneath a Heritage Landscape - Make it stand out 3d Mapping showing raised mound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/5dc31764-0395-4eba-9b13-9a2ecf48eab2/cir.png Field Notes - Before You Break Ground: What Aerial Survey Reveals Beneath a Heritage Landscape - Make it stand out Image showing VARI of circle. https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes/one-site-four-layers-how-aerial-survey-uncovers-what-the-ground-hides monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/837c5275-31af-4849-be56-ac248009b979/dji_fly_20260705_120626_0050_1783253720111_photo.jpg Field Notes - One Site, Four Layers: How Aerial Survey Uncovers What the Ground Hides - Make it stand out Drone photo of Karting track and surrounding ageing woodland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/d29a8b8c-0db2-4765-8582-3d2a522619d7/karting-track-woods-snapshot+q.jpg Field Notes - One Site, Four Layers: How Aerial Survey Uncovers What the Ground Hides - Make it stand out Orthomosaic image composited on Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/aed4dd74-c7e8-4f72-9895-249ed58309f0/karting-track-woodssnapshot+7.jpg Field Notes - One Site, Four Layers: How Aerial Survey Uncovers What the Ground Hides - Make it stand out Digital Surface Model https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/1119deaa-c127-4b2b-85bd-115e9deb2f01/karting-track-woods-snapshot+3.jpg Field Notes - One Site, Four Layers: How Aerial Survey Uncovers What the Ground Hides - Make it stand out Plant health map (VARI algorithm) composited on Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/57ecd752-7a86-43a2-8f3f-01041beabda2/karting-track-woods-jpgsnapshot+5.jpg Field Notes - One Site, Four Layers: How Aerial Survey Uncovers What the Ground Hides - Make it stand out Plant health map (VARI algorithm) close-up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/441a30c9-5beb-483b-b0bb-257d3f45b887/DJI_20260705120332_0027_D.JPG Field Notes - One Site, Four Layers: How Aerial Survey Uncovers What the Ground Hides - Make it stand out Top-down of the ageing plantation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/195687fe-aba8-4cdb-8607-0dd97c63f332/DJI_20260705120346_0029_D.JPG Field Notes - One Site, Four Layers: How Aerial Survey Uncovers What the Ground Hides - Make it stand out The plantation edge showing regeneration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/153ae8f7-fa1d-49ec-8d52-e0abd7339186/dji_fly_20260705_120646_0053_1783253713759_photo.jpg Field Notes - One Site, Four Layers: How Aerial Survey Uncovers What the Ground Hides - Make it stand out Sutherland coast looking north https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes/from-the-royal-parks-to-the-highlands-the-story-of-macdonald-horticulture monthly 0.5 2026-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/c4e2b5a9-e42b-4342-83fc-8d8132587990/IMG_0312.JPG Field Notes - From the Royal Parks to the Highlands – The Story of MacDonald Horticulture - Make it stand out Giverny - Water Garden in June 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/0d737fc2-504a-4e95-9688-7927e8f80ca3/IMG_0382-PANO.jpg Field Notes - From the Royal Parks to the Highlands – The Story of MacDonald Horticulture - Make it stand out Vollyball setup on Horseguards Parade July 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/a4b254f3-93b4-4bed-88d0-53daf057fece/20260609_190624.jpg Field Notes - From the Royal Parks to the Highlands – The Story of MacDonald Horticulture - Make it stand out Gold Medal From Chelsea Flower Show 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/30123572-05ff-42fa-8b43-0c83108367de/PXL_20220831_070601453-EDIT.jpg Field Notes - From the Royal Parks to the Highlands – The Story of MacDonald Horticulture - Make it stand out News article on The Calvary Garden Project at Mount Stuart 2022. https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes/biosecurity-for-visiting-contractors-why-your-biggest-pathogen-risk-arrives-in-a-van monthly 0.5 2026-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/1780827937113-AH485UK2EPP0OJL5O4IW/unsplash-image-lK6LnAebLg8.jpg Field Notes - Biosecurity for Visiting Contractors: Why Your Biggest Pathogen Risk Arrives in a Van - Make it stand out Wheels can be a source of contamination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/1780828080398-NRDUTQDGRIB0JYOLB2U2/unsplash-image-axZQeOgrZvk.jpg Field Notes - Biosecurity for Visiting Contractors: Why Your Biggest Pathogen Risk Arrives in a Van - Make it stand out Unsterilised tools can be a transmission pathway https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes/phytophthora-on-the-estate-why-rapid-triage-saves-tens-of-thousands monthly 0.5 2026-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/63e6d019-66fa-4cb6-b4b6-566ec7dddd8d/Screenshot+2026-06-06+232022.png Field Notes - Phytophthora on the Estate: Why Rapid Triage Saves Tens of Thousands - Make it stand out Large area of loss due to phytophora, Credit Forestry Commission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/b872eb58-8eb7-43ce-9792-d61e72c1f4e8/Screenshot+2026-06-06+231940.png Field Notes - Phytophthora on the Estate: Why Rapid Triage Saves Tens of Thousands - Make it stand out A key symptom is Bleeding on stem and braches - Credit Forestry Commission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/bf814bdd-a792-4b96-8a4d-13d48dbfd3e7/Screenshot+2026-06-06+232105.png Field Notes - Phytophthora on the Estate: Why Rapid Triage Saves Tens of Thousands - Make it stand out Quick death of the tree is usually the only outcome with Phytophera - Credit Forestry Commission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/82cab391-ec7b-4b0b-9352-3669c963391b/Screenshot+2026-06-06+232644.png Field Notes - Phytophthora on the Estate: Why Rapid Triage Saves Tens of Thousands - Make it stand out Flow tests https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/field-notes/dothistroma-needle-blight-the-quiet-threat-to-pine-and-pine-forests monthly 0.5 2026-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/6154c7ff-6360-4593-ae78-233eac15267f/Screenshot+2026-06-06+180814.png Field Notes - Dothistroma Needle Blight: The Quiet Threat to our Pine Forests - Make it stand out Credit Forest Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/572c5335-fe70-4081-8553-781307bbd0c0/Screenshot+2026-06-06+180846.png Field Notes - Dothistroma Needle Blight: The Quiet Threat to our Pine Forests - Make it stand out Credit Forest Research https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2026-08-14 https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2026-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/e8832825-0f8a-4e4e-a708-c4f84ebbec81/20190718_192742.jpg https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2026-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/febafe5c-211d-4c5a-8af4-bf1d24b1c8cf/Kinross+House+Portraits_62237.JPG https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/services daily 0.75 2026-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/745657c3-c15d-4c0f-b960-d710f9b7cad6/IMG_3464.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/63983969-4798-41ec-92ac-0609b197b03d/20240723_101410.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/1780236350943-VGXX5D2I7WOFYI2MFGH8/unsplash-image-qzgN45hseN0.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69d80782a8d787279a3664ca/692af5c7-2a20-4c0a-8993-2b67b1f7db71/PXL_20230921_104108627.jpg https://www.macdonaldhorticulture.co.uk/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2026-06-09