The last few months have been a mixture of getting to know some communities and their respective local stretch of river alongside training and fieldwork. Back in July I joined the Friends of the River Kelvin (FoRK) on one of ...
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Since my last blog there has been a flurry of activity in John Cowane’s House, the site of the Transition Stirling forest garden project which I’ve been working on. Taking on the development of a community garden as my ...
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The first event of our Hedgerow Hopes programme ran this Saturday 13th Sept at Eden Allotment Gardens. We were foraging for blackberries, making blackberry jam and trying other hedgerow food and drink like elderflower wine ...
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The 19th of July saw the launch of the Big Butterfly Count and to celebrate this, I held an event in Fallin. The day was a great success thanks to help from Buglife, the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative and the enthusiasm of ...
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On Saturday the residents of Devlin court gathered to celebrate the end of the summer and the blooming of their new herb garden. We held a BBQ to celebrate the success of the project and to share it with the other ...
Continue reading Celebrating Devlin Court’s Herb Garden