Now in its eleventh year, Ardentinny Community Trust’s Harvest Fair at Glenfinart Walled Garden continues to draw the crowds for an afternoon of excellent entertainment and a great selection of activities. The 2025 event, held last Sunday, was well attended and, for once, bathed in autumn sunshine. 

With its  beautiful garden backdrop, the event had a lot to offer. Visitors were welcomed with a refreshing glass of fresh apple juice from the garden’s orchard and, as usual, food was in plentiful supply with scrumptious curries and soups created from the garden’s vegetables; burgers; and Ardentinny’s, now famous, mouth watering home baking.  

The busy market stalls offered handmade crafts; jams; honey; books; Tombola; and the ever popular coconut shy.  

Live musical entertainment was provided by the ageless Elderly Brothers, with special guest singers entertaining the crowd throughout the afternoon. 

Huge thanks go to everyone who helped make the day a great success. The visitors dug deep in their pockets, with some £2,600+ being raised!

Run totally by volunteers, Glenfinart Walled Garden continues to provide both Ardentinny and the wider Cowal area with a beautiful, peaceful community space. This year, new trustees step up to Ardentinny Community Trust, continuing the excellent work of the previous trustees, and with ambitious plans for additional village projects , under the Community Trust umbrella. At the recent AGM, new trustee Bill Tierney, thanked the previous trustees for the many hundreds of hours they had put in over the past years in maintaining and developing the walled garden. 

Glenfinart Walled Garden volunteer days continue on a Wednesday and Thursday from 11am – 2.30pm. The Trust is always looking for new volunteers, so if you have a few hours to spare, why not come along and have an enjoyable day in the garden. You can also contact the Trust via the Glenfinart Walled Garden Facebook page or by email at info@glenfinartgarden.org.