KEMNAY HOUSE

One of the positive sides of spending so much time around the house is observing the garden grow as spring turns to summer. Nature's tri...

In the second part of this post, I wanted to remember a hugely important member of the family - Nanny. Her commitment, love and hard wor...

As we had planned to open for VE Day this coming weekend, we thought we'd communicate some of the stories about life at Kemnay during the...

Here's a wonderful, and very kind, update from our fantastic volunteer Sheila (who cleaned all the books in the library last year, along w...

As everywhere, the effects of this international crisis have been a challenge for us: The month started with designing advertisements for...

Whilst sorting an clearing out the old pantry, in an attempt to make it a usable space for assembling flower arrangements for our events,...

What a busy month December has been - We started off with our Christmas pop-up shop; this year expanding up the front stairs and into the...

Our intrepid archivists continue their journey through the many bundles of letters in our collection, cataloguing and noting information ...

It's all a bustle at KH this week as we ready ourselves for North East Open Studios (14th to 23rd September). After an extended break we...

While setting up exhibits for a summer tour and tea, organised for The Shell Pensioners Association, I was struck by how many beautiful o...

In 1918 Dorothy Burnett (sister to Arthur, the 8th Laird of Kemnay) wrote a poem describing the perfect country garden that many city dwe...

The wilderness that surrounds Kemnay House was intricately planned and planted by George Burnett (1714-1780). He mixed indigenous and e...

Last week myself and some trusted Friends of Kemnay House were busy transforming the dusty dining room, that has been shuttered up throug...

The decorations are down; tidied back into cupboards for another year. The house is quiet. So, it's that time of year again when we ref...

The Kemnay House Kitchen is a busy place at this time of year, and has been for centuries. When the induction hob is turned on it's hard...

It is usually a rule in the family to ignore all things Christmasy until the 1st of December, but we are doing things differently this ye...

Last week we were pleased to welcome the Aberdeen Art Fund for a guided tour. Our very knowledgeable and enthusiastic visitors were show...

This is such a gorgeous time of year on the Estate, with the majestic trees changing from green to red and golden hues. The berries are w...

Although it has been a pleasure eating the bees' honey harvest, seeing a rise in the ladybird population and counting the numerous butter...

We have been readying the house for the final meeting of Kemnay's SWRI group, which will be disbanding after this evening's get-together....