12 short studies
In advance of our residency at the Big Shed on Tombreck Farm Judith has written to us about the sketches she has created. One of the...
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Alice Rickards
Apr 1, 20152 min read
Commissioning Judith Weir
Last year we were fortunate enough to receive funding to commission Judith Weir’s ‘Sundew’ a short miniature duo written as part of...
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Alice Rickards
Mar 1, 20151 min read
Velvet Moth
When I was in Sydney visiting my brother I walked past a photography shop called Velvet Moth. It had an enormous photograph of this...
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Alice Rickards
Dec 18, 20144 min read
Audience Feedback
We concluded our set of TRANSPLANTED concerts at St Bride's Church in Newtonmore and for Lochaber Music for all, in Corpach. We have...
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William Gilmour
Nov 26, 20144 min read
TRANSPLANTED at the Tin Hut
With the theme of native Scottish plants depicted in music, dynamic duo High Heels and Horse Hair, Alice Rickards (violin) and Sonia...
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Alice Rickards
Nov 21, 20143 min read
96 AIRS FOR THE SEASONS - JAMES OSWALD
Sonia first discovered Oswald when reading Scotland’s Music by the author, playwright and composer John Purser. She was looking for...
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Alice Rickards
Oct 28, 20142 min read
Birnam & Ardkinglas
Sonia and I are both members of Plantlife and have enjoyed working with Deborah and the team at Plantlife Scotland to create...
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Sonia Cromarty
Oct 20, 20141 min read
RBGE & Dunfermline Arts Guild
The East coast leg of our TRANSPLANTED tour saw us perform in two very different venues. On Saturday 18th October we travelled to the...
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Alice Rickards
Oct 16, 20142 min read
TRANSPLANTED at the NTS
We had a wonderful weekend performing TRANSPLANTED at two of National Trust for Scotland's stunning gardens. On friday night we headed...
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Kate Molleson
Oct 8, 20145 min read
A Scot's 18th century concept transplanted to modern day
First published in The Herald on 8 October, 2014 What does sneezewort sound like? A bit slimy. Lichen? Think intertwining, symbiotic...
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Dr. Deborah Long Plantlife
Oct 6, 20143 min read
Conserving Scotland's biodiversity
Plantlife Scotland is delighted to be supporting High Heels and Horse Hair and their TRANSPLANTED project. Plants and fungi are...
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Davie Black
Sep 16, 20142 min read
Bogs
Bogs – the Cinderella of the natural world. Bogs really do have bad press; they bring up connotations of wasteland, emptiness, squelchy...
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Martin Kershaw
Sep 9, 20141 min read
Waxcap
Having always had a penchant for the sinister, I was immediately attracted to the subject matter for my TRANSPLANTED miniature. Fungi...
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Dr. Max Coleman
Sep 1, 20142 min read
The Kingdom of fungi
As summer moves towards autumn, and grassland flowers fade, a second show of colour can be provided by fungi. Among the most colourful...
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Stuart MacRae
Aug 23, 20142 min read
Cladonia bellidiflora
Not in fact a plant, but a lichen. I saw some of these little beauties when I took shelter next to a damp rock on a wet, sullen winter’s...
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Dr Max Coleman RBGE Science Communicator
Aug 17, 20142 min read
Turning the tables in the bog
A Scottish bog in summer can be a haven of calm, as imagined by David Ward in his post for this blog. All too often, however, a still day...
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Judith Weir
Aug 17, 20141 min read
Sundew
Having not lived near the Scottish countryside for many moons, I asked Sonia and Alice to nominate a plant for my composition. I’m so...
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Eddie McGuire
Aug 5, 20141 min read
Clover
My favourite place is the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. My mind and eyes are refreshed after a visit to the flowers and plants there. No...
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Seona Anderson
Aug 4, 20143 min read
Wild plants and World War One
The bright red poppy worn around the time of Remembrance Day is one of our most recognisable and poignant symbols in modern Britain. The...
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Dr Deborah Long
Aug 1, 20142 min read
A blooming good summer
All over Scotland our native plants are having a riotous time this summer. The long spring and summer mean that blooms have been...
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