A Celebration of Newstead’s unique history and heritage. Nestled between the Eildon Hills and the River Tweed, the Newstead Sundials Festival is a celebration that brings together our community and visitors to consider the passage of time through our unique settlement. The festival will be a vibrant tapestry of music, workshops, stories, food, and community […]

Join Buglife Conservation Officer Kate O’Leary for a day of plug planting to help improve local wildflower meadows for biodiversity! Works will begin at Priorswalk Park before walking to Melrose Parish Church for more plug planting. Light refreshments will be provided and sturdy footwear and suitable outdoor clothing is recommended. To register your interest, please […]

Join Buglife Conservation Officer Kate O’Leary for a day of hay raking to help improve wildflower meadows for biodiversity! This work will rake off meadow cuttings from a site which was planted and seeded with volunteers last year at Kingsway, Peebles. Volunteers can also learn more about meadow management and native wildflower species. Light refreshments […]

Launching in 2028, the River Tweed Trail will be one of the UK’s newest walking and cycling routes, following the course of the river from Moffat to Berwick-upon-Tweed. At approximately 113 miles, The River Tweed Trail will provide day and multi-day activities connecting communities, businesses and attractions along the river. Users of the trail will […]

Join Connecting Threads for a very special Bedtime at the River where we will meet Bat and Moth, finding out what they do at our bedtime. We’ll be making shadow puppets and using them in our special yew tree puppet theatre, learning about bats and moths, experiencing music, story and song with sound artist Kate […]

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner’s birth, Connecting Threads have teamed up with Norham Arts to offer a creative workshop on the banks of the River Tweed. In tribute to the fluid, luminous quality of Turner’s work, artist Rachel Sutherland will demonstrate some of the innovative painting techniques and unusual materials that Turner […]