Volunteer BBQ celebration
The incredible progress at The Sanctuary Garden is a direct result of the support, time and effort put in by the volunteers. Today’s BBQ was a small way to thank everyone. The weather was glorious, the food delicious but most of all, the conversations…
Open Day, new polytunnel and 1st donation of vegetables
The Open Day was a success, helped by the best weather of the year so far. Volunteers helped on the day and the feedback was really positive. Special thanks to Maria who helped give the garden a festival feel. The second commercial polytunnel, donated…
Open Day 21 June 11am – 2pm
EVENT INFORMATIONThe Sanctuary Garden is a new community garden in the outskirts of Dunfermline, between Queen Margaret Hospital and Kingseat. Our mission is ‘growing healthy community’. The community garden will be opening to the public on Sunday 21st June (11am-2pm) as part of the…
Polytunnel in action!
The polytunnel has had more compost added, pressure compensating drip line added, and most importantly plants in the ground. There is still some work to be done to completely finish off the tunnel but it’s 99% of the way there. The dripline allows 2.3…
Help from FMC and Fife College
FMC have to deal with waste cardboard from their factory, typically it is baled and recycled. After a visit by their iVolunteers, they suggested we could use it. Within a week it was 4 bales of waste carboard was delivered by FMC to the…
Hens adopted by The Sanctuary Garden
13 new rescue hens from the British Hen Welfare Trust join our existing pair. They are settling in and it will take a while before they get used to freedom and the outside world. They should also be back to laying eggs soon as…
Community garden communal tattie bed
The community garden tattie planting event had three community gardens, Touch, Baldridgeburn and Crossford Allotments. We all planted in the 7m x7m bed with the seed potatoes pushed into the earth enriched with compost and finally covered with straw. The straw will keep out…
The polytunnel has been skinned!
The volunteers have done it; designed and built a polytunnel using poly-pipe and timber. A remarkable and satisfying feat! Next is irrigation and ventlation. Oh yes, and we’ll need to plant some tomatoes. The polytunnel shelves are made by cutting a pallet into two;…
Beginners Vegetable Growing Workshops in Dunfermline
BEGINNERS VEGETABLE GROWING WORKSHOP BOOK HERESESSION 1 (Wed 13 May/Sat 16 May) + SESSION 2 (Wed 20 May / Sat 23 May)Turn curiosity into confidence with this friendly, hands-on 2-session beginners gardening course designed to demystify growing your own plants—from seed to thriving seedlings….
Momentum and progress
The Sanctuary Garden now has water! Thank you to The Stafford Trust for the funding, our neighbours for installing the pipework and the volunteers for their input and ideas. We will be adding rainwater harvesting and use that as our primary water supply as…