Merlindale Nature Festival

2026

Merlindale Nature Festival 2026
Aug
1

Merlindale Nature Festival 2026

Join us for the 6th annual Merlindale Nature Festival and enjoy an afternoon of traditional hay cutting, featuring Steffi Shaffler from Teamwork Horse logging, woodworking demonstrations and guided nature walks.

Take part in a range of workshops including wildflower and pollinator identification, scything, wildflower seed collection and herbal storytelling.

Learn more about nature conservation from a broad spectrum of wildlife groups from across the south of Scotland.

Alex Lintott - guided red squirrel walk

Borders Organic Gardeners

Borders Forest Trust

Botanica Fabula herbal storytelling

Butterfly Conservation

Connecting Threads

The Happy Hedgerow

Northumberland Wildlife Trust

Robert Fleet Woodworking

Southern Upland Partnership

Steffi Shaffler - Horse logging and sustainable forestry for mowing

Stuart Craig bird ringing

The Wildlife Trusts

Tweed Ecology

Tweed Forum

Tweed Foundation

Tweed Valley Wilding

Tweeddale Red Squirrel Network

Catering from Broughton Village Shop

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Mellerstain Meadow Day 2025
Aug
26

Mellerstain Meadow Day 2025

Come along to Mellerstain House to celebrate the summer hay cut of their magnificent new meadow – featuring a horse-drawn mowing demonstration, butterfly walk, scything workshop and wildflower cyanotype printing workshop

The Courtyard Cafe at Mellerstain is open from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm

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Past events

  • Mellerstain Meadow Day 2025

  • Merlindale Nature Festival 2025

    Merlindale Nature Festival 2025

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    Merlindale Nature Festival 2024

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    Merlindale Nature Festival 2023

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    Merlindale Nature Festival 2022

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    Merlindale Scything Event 2021

Photography © Alex Lintott, Apithanny Bourne, Catriona McKay 2026

Banner photograph © Catriona McKay 2026