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March 31, 2016

Kids’ fun at Garden Opening

At what has become something of a tradition, Glenfinart Walled Garden held its spring opening in conjunction with Forestry Commission Scotland’s Easter Monday Eggstravaganza. There was free entry to the garden and lots of fun activities for the children, e.g., mask painting; colour a bug glider, egg decoration; coconut shy; and plant a seed in …

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December 12, 2015December 12, 2015

Dunoon group discusses Council cuts

On Friday evening a public meeting was held in Dunoon to discuss the proposed Argyll and Bute Council cuts which will affect everyone in Cowal. Councillors Walsh, McQueen and Breslin were invited to attend. However only Councillor Breslin was present. The meeting was organised by the Democratic Socialist Federation, a political grouping (not a political …

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November 14, 2015

Gardener’s Blether – October 2015

October issue of Gardener's Blether, the newsletter of Glenfinart Walled Garden (PDF).

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October 9, 2015October 25, 2015

Harvest Fair welcomes the visitors

What has now become an annual event, last weekend's Glenfinart Walled Garden’s Harvest Fair celebrated another year of garden produce and progress. The garden’s resident horticulturalist/gardener Franziska Schmidt and her amazing groups of volunteers excelled themselves in what has been a difficult year, weather-wise, for all local gardens. Delicious apple juice was pressed from the …

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October 4, 2015October 4, 2015

Popup ‘SolidarityStudio’ promotes #RefugeesWelcome

As part of Amnesty International's Refugees Welcome campaign, ardentinny.org created a popup '#SolidarityStudio' at Saturday's Glenfinart Walled Garden Harvest Fair. In support of the #RefugeesWelcome message, a steady stream of visitors were photographed with a background of refugee images kindly provided by photographers @BartVanEijden and @Xandra_Photo. Each was presented with a complimentary souvenir print. The images were …

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