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Family Activities for 2016

Get the whole family outdoors during the school holidays!

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Our gardens for 2016 include a wonderful range of walks, wildlife and homemade teas, but here are a selection which have child-friendly features and activities. Enjoy!

NORTH OF SCOTLAND & ISLANDS

Ross, Cromarty, Skye, Inverness

Saturday 4 June Old Allangrange, Munlochy - Bee identification walk.

Sunday 26 June House of Aigas and Field Centre By Beauly - Guided walks on nature trails. Beavers, pine martins, badgers.

Sunday 21 August Skye Forest Garden Isle of Skye - Woodland walk to seal and bird islands. Otters.

Saturday 3 September Old Allangrange, Munlochy - Bee identification walk.

SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND

Dumfriesshire

Sunday 14 April and Sunday 29 May Dalswinton House, Dalswinton - Life-size model of first steamboat launched in Britain.

Wigtownshire

25 March - 30 September Dunskey Gardens and Maze, Stranraer - Children's games and tree identification

1 April - 31 October Glenwhan Gardens, By Stranraer - Pond dipping, wildlife trails, moorland walks, easter egg hunt and children’s quiz

WEST AND CENTRAL SCOTLAND

Argyll

Daily Ardkinglas Woodland Garden, Cairndow - The only Gruffalo Trail in Scotland!

Ayrshire

Tuesday 12 July Culzean, Maybole - Guided walks, Adventure Cove, beaches, rock pools.

Glasgow & North Lanarkshire

Friday 8 July Greenbank Garden, Clarkston - Theatre on the lawn - medieval mayhem for all the family!

Isle of Arran

24 & 26 May, 30 June, 28 July and 25 August Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran - Children's house tours. Junior garden trail. Playground.

Renfrewshire

Sunday 22 May Highwood, Kilmacolm - Duck race at 3.30pm.

South Lanarkshire

Arndean, Stirlingshire

Sunday 12 June Castlebank Gardens, Castlebank - Woodland garden with fairy dell, horticultural centre.

Saturday 16 July Covington, Biggar - Beekeeping display.

Sunday 31 July Beeches Cottage Nursery, Lesmahagow - Geese, ducks, chickens.

Saturday 20 August Old Farm Cottage, Lanark - Beekeeping demonstration. Observation hives. Teepee

Stirlingshire

By arrangement 16 May - 17 June Arndean, By Dollar - Treehouse.

SOUTH EAST SCOTLAND

East Lothian

Sunday 10 April Winton House, Pencaitland - Bouncy castle. Games on the lawn. Luca's ice cream.Lambs. Falconry demonstrations. House tours.

Sunday 4 September Athelstaneford Village - Working model train.

Edinburgh & West Lothian

Sunday 1 May 101 Greenbank Crescent, Edinburgh - Live music. Child-friendly garden.

101 Greenbank Crescent, Edinburgh

Peeblesshire

Daily Kailzie Gardens, Peebles - Osprey watch with live CCTV. Children's play area.

Roxburghshire

Sunday 10 July Yetholm Village Town, Yetholm - Music, stalls, wood turning, produce, etc.

March – October Floors Castle, Kelso - Adventure playground.

EAST OF SCOTLAND

Aberdeenshire

Sat/Sun 7/8 May Castle Fraser Garden, Inverurie - Woodland secrets adventure playground and trails.

Sunday 3 July Bruckhills Croft, Inverurie - Labyrinth. Wildlife spotting by the river.

Tuesday 26 July and Sunday 14 August Haddo House Ellon - Guided tours, garden quiz and crafts for children.

Angus & Dundee

Saturday 9 July Hospitalfield Arbroath - Children's activities

Sunday 31 July The Herbalist's Garden at Logie Kirriemuir - Children's activities

Fife

Sunday 22 May Kirklands, Saline - Three-storey tree house

By arrangement 15 Apr to 19 Jun South Flisk, Cupar - Lots of wildlife and working pottery

Kincardine & Deeside

Sunday 12 June Kincardine, Kincardine O'Neil - Children's treasure trail

Perth & Kinross

By arrangement 15 April - 15 October Delvine, Murthly - Swans, geese, peacocks, otters, beavers!

Sunday 29 May Rossie House, Forgandenny - Fantastic sculptures! Giant teapot and table ready for Mad Hatter's Tea Party.

Saturday 4 June Abercairny Gardens, Crieff - Children's treasure hunt