I spent the last couple of days in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute attending an event organised by Fyne Futures Ltd.
The first session was held in the Green Tree Cafe, a community cafe, part of the Bute Healthy Living Initiative. This initiative has a large programme of events and works with the community, producers and manufactures.
The next day we visited Bute Produce situated on a 6 acre field that was gifted to the community a year ago. Within that short space of time the Project has set up a community garden growing and selling food for the local community.
On site there are various portacabins that are being used as offices, storage and a compost toilet
.
Billy, who runs the Project talked about project development and the many ideas being considered to develop the Project further. The core produce of the project are; potatoes, cabbage, carrots and broccoli. There are currently two polytunnels with a third to be erected. They have just purchased a wind turbine.
The Project is also trying to produce premium products such as blueberries.
It is also child friendly and has its own children's club 'Ferry Berry'
It was great to visit and network with other people running community garden projects in Argyll.
The first session was held in the Green Tree Cafe, a community cafe, part of the Bute Healthy Living Initiative. This initiative has a large programme of events and works with the community, producers and manufactures.
The next day we visited Bute Produce situated on a 6 acre field that was gifted to the community a year ago. Within that short space of time the Project has set up a community garden growing and selling food for the local community.
On site there are various portacabins that are being used as offices, storage and a compost toilet
.
Billy, who runs the Project talked about project development and the many ideas being considered to develop the Project further. The core produce of the project are; potatoes, cabbage, carrots and broccoli. There are currently two polytunnels with a third to be erected. They have just purchased a wind turbine.
The Project is also trying to produce premium products such as blueberries.
It is also child friendly and has its own children's club 'Ferry Berry'
It was great to visit and network with other people running community garden projects in Argyll.
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