Bring a friend and save 1/3 of the cost of a ticket
Last chance to get you place on the Vegetable Gardening Courses in Dunfermline in January. Tickets are £75 or you can save 1/3 on the price of a ticket if bring one friend or more. Book NOW! The 4 week Vegetable Gardening Courses start…
Take advantage of the EARLY BIRD discount before the 24th of December!
Only a few spaces left on this adult vegetable course (Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon) in Dunfermline. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thesanctuarygarden This course is aimed at beginners, so if you want start growing your own vegetables next year, these are for you! Come and join us. Grant
Budding Gardeners: A fun four week course aimed at children and their parents
The Budding Gardeners Course offers an engaging one-hour adaptation of our adult program, featuring a more hands-on approach and an exciting addition – baby chicks! Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor Designed to cater specifically to children, the course covers…
Beginners Vegetable Gardening courses
This course has been successfully running for the last 3 years, the content and delivery are relevant, interesting and fun! Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor You’ll finish the course feeling enthusiastic and confident, knowing where to find any information…
Donibristle Primary School gets 7 new upcycled organic raised beds
The children saw how easy it was to assemble a raised bed in less 15 minutes. The pallets are 8′ plasterboard pallets that were broken up and denailed. The nails were used to reassemble the beds. “It’s free” they said “and all you need…
A new member of Social Enterprise Scotland
The criteria for becoming a member are clear and match the general aims of The Sanctuary Garden. There is some work we’re looking forward to, in order to become fully compliant in 2024
Making Slug Snake Oil at Carron Primary School
Demonstrated making a syrup that is diluted and sprayed or watered onto the plants. It’s genuinely effective against slugs and caterpillars and cheap and easy to make. All you need is onion, garlic and sugar. Here is the recipe link
The last day of the season at Burntisland Primary School
The season started with building raised beds with children who enjoyed the process and had a great deal of satisfaction when the beds were filled with compost. It started with two classes at a time, and then reduced to one class of 30 children…
The Sanctuary Garden Chicks on Tour
There are a few I’ve missed and this does not count all the garden visits. Children ask such interesting questions. My favourite was “what is a chicken’s favourite colour” My mind had red because they peck relentlessly at blood. The drinker is red so…
Burntisland Primary School
The children have grown produce! The last Friday of June is the last day of term so we can expect courgettes to be marrows and pumpkins ready for Halloween!