The Aigas season begins in April and will finish in October. We are running more programmes than ever to cater for a wide variety of interests. If you are interested in a specific theme, please scroll through the themes below to find your preferred area of interest and the courses we do that relate to it.
Click on the programme name below to see full details and to book.
Gardens of the Highlands
With a special focus on some of the Highland’s most special gardens, both private and public, this programme has been designed by garden-lovers Lucy Lister-Kaye and Sue Pomeroy. Highlights include: Week long leadership from Sue Pomeroy, a longtime gardener and…
The Orkney Isles
The Orkney Islands are home to a unique and special blend of abundant wildlife and globally important historical sites. Making the best of the long summer days, this week will give you the opportunity to learn about and experience both…
Gardens and Highland Homes
Specially designed by garden-lover Lucy Lister-Kaye, this programme visits some of our most spectacular local homes, both open to the public and private, with nearby gardens. This programme will be led jointly by guest leader Sue Pomeroy and Lady Lister-Kaye.…
Fascinating Fungi
Fungi are fascinating – by turns they are colourful, deadly, delicious, predatory, vital to ecosystems, luminous, rare, ubiquitous and laden with folklore associations. Their life-cycles are varied and extraordinary and we are only just beginning to understand the importance of…
The Outer Hebrides in Spring – North and South Uist
The Uists are alive with wildlife in spring, it is a time of change and new life. There are over 50 pairs of eagle, both golden and white-tailed, holding territory on the Uists, well into their breeding season by May.…
Highland Wildlife Art Course with Jackie Garner
With such a plethora of wildlife on the doorstep Aigas is ideally situated for a Highland Wildlife Art Course. We invite you to join Jackie Garner – one of the UK’s leading wildlife artists and author of The Wildlife Artist’s Handbook – on a…
