Snowdrop Day at Thrumster House has been a popular event at the stately home for many years. Picture: DGSSnowdrop Day at Thrumster House was a family friendly event. Picture: DGSVisitors enjoy the peace around Thrumster House. Picture: DGS
Temperate conditions over the weekend provided the perfect opportunity for visitors to enjoy a walk around the gardens of Thrumster House for its annual Snowdrop Day.
It was also a chance for Yarrows Heritage Trust (YHT) to hold a fundraising event outside the stately home, with almost £200 being raised to help renovate the former railway station at Thrumster.
From left, Isla, Rhea and Harris got their own snowdrops to take home and plant. Picture: DGSThe late Lady Jessamine Harmsworth was a great flower lover and planted many of the snowdrops around Thrumster House. Picture: DGSIslay Macleod from Thrumster House was delighted with the weekend event. Picture: DGSSnowdrop Day provided a chance for visitors to explore the gardens and view the many spring flowers that had come up. Picture: DGS
Catherine Macleod from Thrumster House said: "We raised £194.86 during the two days which will help connect the renovated Thrumster railway station to the grid so we can run events from there and have displays for the local community and visitors to our area. There is so much heritage, both natural and built in the Yarrows area, and there is a need for a point of information."
Thousands of snowdrops surround the pond and its summer house. Picture: DGSSnowdrop Day at Thrumster House has been a popular event at the stately home for many years. Picture: DGSA special game for children with plastic ducks on the pond. Picture: DGSSnowdrop Day included various fun activities for children. Picture: DGS
There were fun nature activities for the kids, as well as have-a-go archaeology event in which little children could dig for hidden artefacts buried in a sand pit. YHT looks forward to holding a similar day for the up-and-coming daffodils at Thrumster next month.
A visitor looks through a telescope at wild birds during Snowdrop Day at Thrumster House. Picture: DGSEstie Broughton from Dunnet took her wirehaired dachshund Lilly for a walk through the gardens. Picture: DGSYoung Jordan and Lilly the dachshund dig for archaeological treasures in a sand pit. Picture: DGSThe Broughton family from Dunnet said they were delighted with the event. Estie and Roger are pictured with their son Jordan and dachshund Lilly. Picture: DGSSnowdrop Day proceeds collected over the weekend raised almost £200 towards the renovation of Thrumster's former railway station. Picture: DGS
Members of the Trust, which promotes local archaeology, were there to talk about the recent Swartigill burn dig, where a few local people signed up to volunteer for next year's event in August.
