HELLO Spring

We’re so EGG-CITED to bring our Easter Egg Trail back to The Hill House! Follow the trail, collect the clues, solve the puzzle and win your chocolate-y reward!

Tickets £4 per trail + Eventbrite booking fee

Terms & Conditions: This years Easter Egg Trail will take place outdoors. We won’t stop or cancel an event due to weather unless absolutely necessary.

Please note, the Easter Egg Trail does not include access to the main house and box, for access to the full property, normal admission rates apply, NTS & NT Members go free. Admission to the property is not required to attend our outdoor Easter Egg Trail.

We’re so EGG-CITED to bring our Easter Egg Trail back to Geilston Garden! Follow the trail, collect the clues, solve the puzzle and win your chocolate-y reward!

Tickets: £4 per trail + Eventbrite booking fee

Terms & Conditions: The Easter Egg Trail will take place outdoors. We won’t stop or cancel an event due to weather unless absolutely necessary.
Please note, normal admission rates to the garden still apply, NTS & NT Members go free.

Linn Botanic Gardens is opening for charity with Scotland’s Gardens Scheme, supporting the Scottish Refugee Council.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL – Booking slots 10am – 1pm and 1pm – 4pm. Admission £5.00, children free.

The garden is open on selected dates and will be an opportunity to see the restoration work being undertaken in the garden. You are invited to explore what has been restored and to discuss the plans to complete the repair work and then further develop the garden in the future, but please do bear in mind that it is a long way from being the finished article just yet.

Please note that children are welcome free of charge but must be supervised at all times. Please also note that there is no parking in the garden; cars should be left at the picnic area and then walk in to the garden. Please do liftshare if possible or take the 316 bus to Coulport from Colquhoun Square in Helensburgh and ask to be dropped at Cove. Unfortunately there is no wheelchair access and the garden is not suitable for people with limited mobility. Stout footwear advised. Dogs on leads are welcome.

Linn Botanic Gardens is opening for charity with Scotland’s Gardens Scheme, supporting the Scottish Refugee Council.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL – Booking slots 10am – 1pm and 1pm – 4pm. Admission £5.00, children free.

The garden is open on selected dates and will be an opportunity to see the restoration work being undertaken in the garden. You are invited to explore what has been restored and to discuss the plans to complete the repair work and then further develop the garden in the future, but please do bear in mind that it is a long way from being the finished article just yet.

Please note that children are welcome free of charge but must be supervised at all times. Please also note that there is no parking in the garden; cars should be left at the picnic area and then walk in to the garden. Please do liftshare if possible or take the 316 bus to Coulport from Colquhoun Square in Helensburgh and ask to be dropped at Cove. Unfortunately there is no wheelchair access and the garden is not suitable for people with limited mobility. Stout footwear advised. Dogs on leads are welcome.

The Arts Society Lomond and Argyll have an exciting line-up of events in 2023. These are open to Members (free) and Guests (£10) – visit https://www.tasla.org.uk/ to find out about Membership! Lectures are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every Month At Victoria Halls, Helensburgh at 10.30am.

10th January 2023 – The Architect Borromini and Kepler’s New Astronomy, Valerie Shrimplin: Researcher at Gresham College and Freelance Lecturer

14th February 2023 – How to Criticise the Arts, Mark Fisher

14th March 2023 – Unravelling the Silk Road-Wool, Silk and Cotton Textiles in Central Asia, Chris Alexander: Traveller, Lecturer and Author

18th April 2023 – Rubens-Artist/Diplomat of the Thirty Years War, Matthew Wilson: History of Art Teacher and Freelance Writer

9th May 2023 – Chinese Paintings fron the Tang to the Qing Dynasty, Oliver Gosling: Painter and Lecturer

13th June 2023 – Cash for Coronets: An Architectural Legacy, Mark Meredith: History Writer and Speaker

Come along to the Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre on the 22nd of April to sell your clothes and/or buy new ones!

Do you have unwanted garments, online purchases that have missed the return period, outgrown kids clothes, handbags or shoes that are collecting dust? Instead of selling these items individually online – why not come along to our back on the rack event?

Clear out your wardrobe, make some cash and help the environment by reducing fast fashion!

*£10 pitch fee, please bring your own clothing rail*

To book your pitch email: HLCCEvents@argyll-bute.gov.uk

Please note this is a cash only event