Category Archives: plants

Flora Scotica and Highland Dyes

Posted on September 1, 2023 by NatureScot

Many plants used for the dyeing of yarn are referenced in Lightfoot’s Flora Scotica (1777). Continue reading →

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Flora Scotica agus Dathan nan Gàidheal

Posted on September 1, 2023 by NatureScot

Tha Lightfoot ann am Flora Scotica (1777) ag innse dhuinn mu lusan a bh’ air an cleachdadh airson clò a dhathadh Continue reading →

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Water Saving Tips for Your Garden

Posted on May 18, 2023 by NatureScot

Sue Marrs, NatureScot’s Freshwater Policy Manager, shares some easy tips for using less water in your garden. It’s UK Water Saving Week. In Scotland we do have a lot of water, but it is not always in the right place … Continue reading →

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Watercress of the Pure Springs

Posted on January 26, 2023 by NatureScot

Roddy Maclean tells how wild watercress is celebrated in Gaelic culture. Continue reading →

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Biolair Uaine an Fhìor-uisg’

Posted on January 26, 2023 by NatureScot

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain ag innse dhuinn mun ghràdh aig na Gàidheil air a’ bhiolair Continue reading →

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Bho Bheul an Eòin

Posted on October 12, 2021 by NatureScot

Tha cruthachadh ainmean ùra Gàidhlig airson cuid de lusan is ainmhidhean ùra na h-Alba aig teis-meadhan pròiseact com-pàirteachaidh air leth a tha a’ faighinn taic le NatureScot agus Bòrd na Gàidhlig. Read in English Tha am pròiseact, Bho Bheul an … Continue reading →

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From The Bird’s Mouth

Posted on October 12, 2021 by NatureScot

Giving Gaelic names to some of Scotland’s newly arrived nature is at the heart of a unique partnership project, supported by NatureScot and Bòrd na Gàidhlig. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig The project, Bho Bheul an Eòin (From The Bird’s Mouth), … Continue reading →

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Warrior’s Friendship

Posted on October 5, 2021 by NatureScot

Valerian is a plant long utilised by herbalists in the Gàidhealtachd and beyond. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig I have written previously in this blog about how the meadowsweet is known in Gaelic tradition as a plant that once soothed the … Continue reading →

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Carthan Curaidh

Posted on October 5, 2021 by NatureScot

Tha an lus seo aithnichte do lighichean luibheach air a’ Ghàidhealtachd agus tìrean cèin. Read in English Tha mi air sgrìobhadh mu-thràth mu dheidhinn an luis ris an canar Crios Chù Chulainn a tha aithnichte mar meadowsweet ann am Beurla. … Continue reading →

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Aiteann – ceangal eadar Dà Dheoch / Juniper – a link between Gin and Whisky

Posted on August 13, 2020 by NatureScot

Bidh daoine a’ ceangal aiteann ri sine ach air a’ Ghàidhealtachd tha am preas cuideachd ceangailte ri uisge-beatha / Juniper is intimately linked with gin but, in the Highlands of Scotland, it also has connections to whisky … Aiteann – … Continue reading →

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