The Torrisdale 1Tree campaign has been a great success this year and we’re celebrating planting our 50th tree this month. The 1Tree planting scheme is a direct way for visitors to off-set the carbon footprint of their holiday, and encourages them to become part of the Torrisdale story. Guests are given a planting certificate with …

We wave goodbye to our fourth set of wwoofers after a great couple of weeks with Marko and Younes. The boys did some hard work cutting and burning rhododendron, shifting firewood, painting, bamboo sculpting, and a lot of poker playing in the evenings at Glen House. Work continued on the walled garden, with Donald ripping …

The three new chicks at Glen House hatched this week. After Bunty went broody a few weeks back, we found some fertilised eggs for her to sit on, and now the surrogate mother-hen is doing a grand job of looking after her new chicks. Yesterday was their first day out into the big bad world…can’t …

Work has begun on restoring the lost paths running between the castle and the walled garden. This area was once landscaped lawns, paths and flower borders extending on from the walled garden. There are black and white photographs in Garden Cottage that show the gardens and this area in its former manicured glory. Before we …