The theme of the 2023 Flower Festival by Kirkwall Flower Arrangement Club is ‘An Annual Event’. Images of the amazing displays.
Flower Festival 2023
Sparkling Mix of Over 90 Events at the Orkney International Science Festival
Orkney International Science Festival 2023 programme brochures are now available
How Sanday’s Machair Supports Endangered Bees
Cushioned by protective dune networks, machair grasslands support the rare and common flowering plants that make this habitat a refuge for endangered species of pollinating bee in an increasingly inhospitable world.
Funding Localised Support Where it’s Needed
THAW Orkney is one of several organisation awarded funding from the Scottish Government’s new Accessible Advice Fund.
UPDATED Orkney Men’s Sheds: Strengthening the Bonds of Fellowship
“This is a resource beyond cost and it fulfils many purposes.” – Eamonn Keyes
Mull Head by John Mowat
Bonny purple heather, eyebright & grass of parnassus flowers in full bloom, overlooking the Brough of Deerness.
Short Film of the West Mainland Show
It was a fabulous and very successful West Mainland Show with the sun coming out after a brief showery start on Thursday 10th of August. In the Community Centre, the Horticultural and Industrial Show gave some respite from the heat of the day to view the skilled work of crafters and gardeners in the West Mainland.
Routine #Covid Testing Reduced & Winter Vaccination Programme
The Scottish Government has announced that routine COVID-19 testing in hospitals, care homes and prisons is to be substantially reduced in Scotland following clinical and scientific advice.
Views of the West Mainland Show by Mike Robertson
The sun heated stalls, stall holders and visitors up throughout the day.
“Expect strange beauty” at the Tang and Ware Exhibition, Northlight Gallery Stromness
The exhibition will run from Saturday 12 August until Wednesday 23 August. Open Mon – Sat 11-4 at the Northlight Gallery. Stromness
