You're invited to our renowned Hidden Gardens Event!The St Andrews Preservation Trust is delighted to invite you to its renowned Hidden Gardens event on 23 June 2024. Revealing some of St Andrews' best-kept secrets, this annual fundraising event gives you exclusive access for one day each year to the hidden gardens of St Andrews.What canContinue reading "Hidden Gardens 2024"
Members and Trustees of the St Andrews Preservation Trust are cordially invited to attend this year’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 15th August 2024. The meeting will be held at 7pm in the St Andrews Bowling Club, 1 Pipeland Road, St Andrews, KY16 8JN. Please advise your attendance to Sam Ross, Interim Trust Manager viaContinue reading "St Andrews Preservation Trust AGM 2024"
The Eden Project Tuesday 20th August, 2.30pm at the St Andrews Bowling Club. The St Andrews Preservation Trust are delighted to announce a new series of Autumn Talks, following the success of our series of Winter Talks which started in 2021. We welcome speakers from across St Andrews, Dundee and Fife to share their work orContinue reading "Autumn Talk 1: The Eden Project"
Join us on Sunday 8th September for an interesting peek inside the Doocot, a wander around the Lade Braes and to find out more about our preservation goals, events and membership. Activities for adults and children alike include storytelling by a professional storyteller and a guided walk of the Boase woodland. Refreshments and leafletsContinue reading "Doors Open Day – Bogward Doocot, St Andrews"
Biba and the Jetsons of Kilrymont 17 September, 2.30pm at the St Andrews Bowling Club. Hosted by Ian Davidson. This talk will take a look at the design of this School and the influences of the 1950s and 60s on its architect. It will reveal an amazing amalgam of Scandinavian, Japanese, Modernist and American elements. The spaceContinue reading "Autumn Talk 2: Biba and the Jetsons of Kilrymont"
The Anstruther Tahitian Princess 15 October, 2.30pm. St Andrews Bowling Club. The St Andrews Preservation Trust are delighted to announce a new series of Autumn Talks, following the success ofContinue reading "Autumn Talk 3: The Anstruther Tahitian Princess"
Annual Lecture - What Makes St Andrews Special This year, Nigel Edward Morecroft will talk about his book St Andrews: Camelot of Golf. Partly a social history, he will discussContinue reading "Annual Lecture – What Makes St Andrews Special"
It’s our privilege to welcome on Tuesday 28 January 2025, Fife’s own Duncan Annand, Public Artist and Sculptor, and Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, to speak about the making of his bronze statue of “Old Tom Morris”, who needs no introduction. This new work stands in Bow Butts on Golf Place, St Andrews, and was unveiled in October 2024. He will bring an artist’s viewpoint to history and speak about how his quietly engaging work contributes to a sense of place. With his humble view of his role in the creation of his work, he sees himself as “standing on the shoulders of giants”. He will reveal the fascinating journey of making a bronze sculpture, and how he brings “vitality, balance, gravity and irony” to his figurative work. He will show some of the other work he has been commissioned to make and share what he has learned about his subjects in the process. Part tribute to the man who was Old Tom Morris, as well as the other great characters of Scottish History that he has had the honour to portray, his talk will be sprinkled with some humorous anecdotes, speculation on their lives, and possibly even opinions about golf.
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Ambitious regeneration project with community benefits:
It’s our privilege to welcome Fiona Young, the Flax Mill Activities Coordinator responsible for engaging the local community in the Flax Mill renovation. She will speak about the history and development of the Silverburn Park and Flax Mill. We will find out about the fascinating history of flax making, see some flax and small tools and a quick demonstration of how to take flax straw to fibre. This is an important community redevelopment project and we are looking forward to hearing about the tears and toil involved in making it happen.