Foraging

Inspiration from our foraging community and notes from the wild. Includes ‘the botanist raw’ series of iPhone videos.

How Much Difference Do Garnishes Make?

9th June 2020

It is a verdant moment here, with lots of garden plants and…

Tasting in Technicolor

2nd June 2020

Imagine a 360 degree timelapse of your local landscape over…

Bog Myrtle Bitters

5th May 2020

Ashley MacGregor has worked at the distillery since March 2015.…

Vermouth - Red, White, and Wild

6th April 2020

Whichever way you look at vermouth, there's more to it than…

Five ways to be more wild

13th February 2020

Here are five things you could try, if you haven't already,…

Here and Now - Winter

20th January 2020

Carl Reavey loves this over-looked winter green with an oatcake when he's been out for a typically galeforce lunchtime walk with his wife Jan

Be the Botanist

15th November 2019

Does it matter where you are, or what season of the year it is? Given…

Fynbos Immersion

7th August 2019

Trakke x The Botanist

30th July 2019

Five Fave Feral Foods

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24th May 2019

Today marks the beginning of wild and feral food week, an initiative…

Sweet Gale and Blossom Bitters

29th April 2019

Here and Now - James on March

21st March 2019

Here and Now - A New Year

20th February 2019

Plant Identification - A World Away

6th February 2019

Forest Bathing

22nd November 2018

Retuning to nature. While 'forest bathing' may conjure up images of a steaming tin bathtub under a blossomed tree canopy - which we would love too

Here and Now - Transitions

9th October 2018

Not able to get to Islay? Take a read to get a flavour of what’s be happening during the seasonal transitition this past month. From sloes to hazel there a seasonal change in the air.