Rubbish away and metal for cash
With the help of our volunteers, van was loaded with rubbish and unloaded at the tip. A second load of metal was dropped off at WM Russel just down the road and half a tonne gave us £59 that paid for half the van…
Food growing potential is immense
The drawing below is of two gardens: The Sanctuary Garden is the large blank green canvas and the upper drawing is the garden at Grow West Fife. The drawing helped to design new bed layouts with the help of the volunteers. Grow West Fife’s…
Another fire, clear out and donations
Our volunteers are making a positive impact on the state of the garden. Thank you! We’ve hired a transit van for Monday 10th November: The steel we may get some money as scrap metal and the rest of the waste will be recycled. More…
Volunteer’s visit East Neuk Market Garden
It was a valuable trip and we all not only learned something new, but enjoyed the walk around with Tom. Everything he has learned over the years he was willing to share with us. Suppliers and technical information about tools, seed trays and watering…
Tower Burn Trail Halloween Event
The Tower Burn Halloween Event, organised by Dunfermline Greenspace in partnership with the Patons of Dunfermline, West Fife Woodlands, and the City of Dunfermline Heritage Group, transformed the historic Tower Burn Trail into a spooky wonderland on October 25, 2025. The Sanctuary Garden had…
RHS State of Gardening Report 2025
The whole report is here
Do we need any of these innovative tools for our community garden?
Here are a few tools you may not have come across. JM Fortier has his top 30 tools for 2024
Transforming Our Space with Volunteer Power and Big Plans
Our Sanctuary Garden is buzzing with progress, thanks to our incredible team of dedicated volunteers. The new 12x6m polytunnel is in storage, the foundations will be going in shortly and be erected in early spring after the winter storms ready for the start of…
Progress in the garden
In less than 2 weeks, with the help of our incredible new volunteers, the garden has been transformed. Using our donated brush cutter, the overgrown, bramble and nettle filled garden has been tamed, to a degree. Removing all the old raised beds will allow…
Come and have a look
The garden will be open on Mondays and Thursdays from 10:00 until 13:00 in October 2025 for prospective volunteers to see it’s current state and have an opportunity contribute to what happens next. The Sanctuary Garden has been neglected for a couple of years,…