Putting seaweed around the fruit trees is the perfect way to suppress competing plants and provide nutrients to the new trees. We want to get them off to a good start! Wondering why? […]
It’s high tide! Perfect day to collect seaweed down at Meigle Beach for mulching around the fruit trees. We’ll take Nick’s trailer and fill it to the brim. You can either help with that or even better bring your containers to fill as well. We’ve got a lot of trees to Mulch! […]
The day is almost here! We have 80 heritage fruit trees arriving on Saturday morning. We are running two planting days, 1 for the general public, scouts and youth group – then another with the school. On the public planting day, we will plant around 50 trees with help from John from Scottish Fruit Trees, […]
Skelmorlie Library: 14th February 2024, 12 noon to 1pm
Skelmorlie Tennis Club: 12th February 2024, 7pm to 8pm […]
Read More… from Information meetings – Community Fruit Trees
Details to be confirmed but likely we will be including discussions to complete the Locality Plan. Meeting at the Eglinton bar in Skelmorlie. […]
More details to be confirmed nearer the time. Hopefully, we’ll be discussing the fruit tree planting if our grant application is successful! […]
We are planning to head down to the Crescent on Sunday morning to prepare for our Winter Solstice Event. The plan is to With any spare man hours, there’s of course lots of satisfying chopping and clearing still to be done! If anyone has any tools which would be good for stump removal please bring […]
This is a bit of a last-minute event due to popular demand! There has been a lot of work on the Crescent with the lovely Design Team at Skills Development Scotland coming for their volunteer day and giving it a good go during the week. They have managed to do a lot of work connecting […]
Due to forecasted high winds and rain we’ve decided to cancel our winter solstice event in the forest. Instead we will meet a the Eglinton Bar (Eggie) from 7pm. See you there! We’ll have some mulled wine or hot chocolate and a little home baking (more would be appreciated) around the fire. Bring a cup, […]
Our second AGM for our official report, and a good opportunity to join the committee on an official basis or find out about the inner workings of the group. We hope to see you there! […]
