Glenfinart Walled Garden Archives - Page 20 of 35

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014

Walled Garden project exceeds LEADER expectations

As a major funder of the Glenfinart Walled Garden project, Argyll and the Islands LEADER Programme staff visited the garden recently. Project coordinator Sheila McLean and her colleague Annemarie McLean discussed and evidenced progress to date, in support of their completion report. They were both very impressed with the work that had been done and …

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February 18, 2014February 20, 2014

Community Payback Team making a difference at Walled Garden

Over the past year Dunoon’s Community Payback Team has been contributing to the success of Glenfinart Walled Garden. Including the regular strimming, weeding, planting, compost collection and general garden maintenance, the Community Payback team, under the direction of supervisor John Gilchrist, has also been laying paths with road *planings and gravel provided by Argyll & Bute …

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January 4, 2014January 4, 2014

Sculptured fish and toadstools afloat

With garden art afloat and 'Elfin Cottage' under a foot of water, parts of Glenfinart Walled Garden remain flooded from the River Finart overflow on Saturday. The waters rose sufficiently to penetrate the office floor, however there does not appear to be any damage to the main infrastructure of the garden. Parts of the area …

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December 22, 2013

Glenfinart Walled Garden – December 2013 newsletter

Glenfinart Walled Garden December 2013 newsletter

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December 19, 2013December 19, 2013

National Park provides further support

Ardentinny's Glenfinart Walled Garden has been awarded a £768 administration grant by Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. According to Ardentinny Community Trust Treasurer, Dennis Gower, this most welcome additional funding will go towards insurance and other administration costs of the Walled Garden project. The National Park previously provided support to this community initiative …

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