In the media
Window of Opportunity - Dunoon Observer & Argyll Standard. 5 November, 2010.
Ardentinny’s window of opportunity
Ardentinny this week received a major boost in its plans for the community to purchase the Victorian, former Glenfinart House Walled Garden. Forestry Commission Scotland Director, Mr. Bob McIntosh accepted the independent Evaluation Panel's recommendation and approved the Ardentinny Community Trust's application to buy. The Trust now has 18 months in which to raise the …
Walled Garden Result
Ardentinny Community Trust Ltd. (registered company No. 245169/Registered Charity No. SCO034235) today received notification from Malcolm Wield, NFLS Programme Manager that Director, Forestry Commission Scotland has accepted the Evaluation Panel's recommendation and approved Ardentinny Community Trust Ltd's application to buy Glenfinart Walled Garden in Ardentinny. Notification of a Trust meeting will be issued in due …
Dragons vote for Glenfinart Walled Garden Winner
Ardentinny Community Trust Convenor, Dennis Gower, came away a winner from the Dragons Den at the Annual Conference of Argyll and Bute Social Enterprise Network (ABSEN) in Campbeltown last week. Pitched against nine other projects, he emerged victorious with a £500 grant from Firstport for the Glenfinart Walled Garden Project in Ardentinny. The Dragons in …
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Walled Garden group visits Bute Produce
On Wednesday 8th September Ardentinny Community Trust Directors made a self-funded visit to Bute Produce, Rothesay's community garden. There, Project Manager, Billy Miller and Horticultural Co-ordinator Chris Helm, took them on a tour of the garden, explaining how the project had evolved. They then kindly hosted a Q&A session with a view to sharing their invaluable experience.
The Bute Produce project is based on the following guiding principles:
- health
- education
- social values & social inclusion
- environment
- employment
- affordability
The site is a 6 acre field which was provided under licence by Mount Stuart Trust and the project is currently funded by