Top Five Things To Do At Scone Palace Garden Fair
We’ve collated our top five things to do and see at the Scone Palace Garden Fair, now in its second year. Book your tickets now and join us for a weekend of floral fabulousness.
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24th May 2023
The Crowning Place of Scottish Kings
On arrival at the palace, many visitors ask how Scone became the Crowning Place of Scottish Kings.
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04th May 2023
The Palace Awaits
For those who work at Scone Palace, the first day of a new season feels like the start of a new school term. The following seven months lay ahead, waiting for the staff to leave their print on them, like pristine exercise books waiting to be filled with stories.
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29th March 2023
Snowdrop Festival
February is a fickle month. It gives with one hand and snatches back with another. We wait patiently for it to arrive throughout the inconspicuous days of January, hoping that when it does, it will bring with it discernible signs of spring.
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26th January 2023
Georgina Ballantine’s Giant Catch
What would you do, if for just one day only, you were given an extra hour? Would you put that hour to good use?
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14th October 2022
Man's Best Friend
We have all heard the phrase “a dog is man’s best friend’. But do you know where the expression came from? It was first used by King Frederick II of Prussia before his death in 1786. It is he who said, “the only, absolute and best friend a man has, in this selfish world, the only one that will not betray or deny him, is his dog”.
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01st September 2022
British Cut Flowers Week & The Garden Fair
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’ This iconic opening line in Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities has been interpreted many ways since the Victorian writer put pen to paper.
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05th July 2022
Scotland, Scone and Fashion
In recent decades, Scotland has increasingly influenced the world of style and haute-couture. However, its contribution to fashion goes far beyond the catwalk.
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01st June 2022
The Celebration of Easter
The English naturalist, Charles Darwin, once said, ‘A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life’.
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19th April 2022
