Category: Glenfinart Walled Garden

A ten-strong group of volunteers from Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park were this morning working with local volunteers preparing the Sensory Garden for turfing. Filming of the Beechgrove Garden has commenced, so if you'd like to come along and take part, we're at the Walled Garden today, Thursday and Friday from 9am.

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Photographed from above on Tuesday evening. The Sensory Garden awaits its transformation into Glenfinart's mandala.

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On the eve of the Beechgrove Garden team arriving in Ardentinny, late morning saw the Walled Garden volunteers unloading a small mountain of turf as well as a beautiful range of plants, shrubs and trees which will grace the Sensory Garden. Construction of the natural stone Wishing Well is underway (courtesy of Stephen Johnstone and …

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Monday was another busy day for the Glenfinart Walled Garden volunteers, with the completion of most of the paths (20 tons of hoggin moved from outside the Bowling Club!), spreading of top soil and compost as well as construction of the wishing well. Tuesday sees the arrival of the turf to cover the tump and …

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With just three days until the BBC's Beechgrove Garden team arrive to record a programme dedicated to Ardentinny's historic Glenfinart Walled Garden, community volunteers have been working overtime this weekend laying the ground work for the sensory garden. Despite torrential downpours, 40 tons of hardcore material have been laid on the paths of the intricate …

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