Welcome to the website of the Organic Growers of Fairlie and their
Sustainable
Community Garden project. For the latest news of what is
happening in the garden please visit our Garden Diary page or our
Facebook page .
We have been rated as 'Outstanding' again in 2015 in the 'It's Your Neighbourhood' scheme run by Keep Scotland Beautiful. That's two years in a row! See Diary Page for the report.
For some aerial views (from a kite!) showing the whole garden see the web page here.
This is an association of village residents in Fairlie (and surrounding towns) , Ayrshire, Scotland, who are all committed to living healthier, more sustainable lifestyles and improving the environment using various techniques. A derelict polluted, brownfield site has been turned into a lovely, peaceful grow-your-own mini allotment garden (the Fairlie Organic Garden) using innovative composting and vermi-culture techniques. This web site includes a video of the garden, a large collection of pictures showing the garden throughout its development, several FAQs on vermi-culture/composting, news and events pages.
Visitors are welcome to the garden (see How to Find Us page) however please note that if no gardeners are in the garden then the gate is locked. In the summer in the evenings and at weekends then someone will likely be there. If travelling a distance or you are part of a large group please contact us first (see Contact Us page) and we can usually arrange for someone to show you around (and also have the kettle on!)
We now have a Facebook page so that you can keep up with what is happening in the garden and 'spread the word'. Click here to get to our Facebook page.
Latest updates -
Added minutes of committee meeting held April 3rd. 2016 and Audited accounts for 2015 to Members Page (16/6/16
Added minutes of committee meeting held on March 10th 2013 to Members Page . (17/4/13)
Added picture of new poly-tunnel to Diary page and also Polytunnel 2013 page with sequence of photos showing the poly-tunnel build. (7/4/13)
Added minutes of committee meeting held February 23rd 2013 to Members Page . (23/3/13)
Added link to Garden Diary page on publication available from Community Land Advisory
service containing advice on releasing/obtaining land for a community garden. RECOMMENDED! (15/3/13)
Added two gardening reports to Members Page . (9/3/13)
Added notes to Diary Page on an invitation to the Holyrood Parliament for some representatives from the garden. (7/3/13)
Added minutes of committe meeting held on November 23rd 2012 to Members Page (3/3/13)
Added news of funding and picture of presentation to Diary page . (17/8/12)
Added minutes of AGM held April 22nd. 2012, new OGF constitution adopted at that meeting and new Standing Orders for Management Committee, AGM and SGM meetings also adopted at the AGM to Members Page . (2/7/12)
Added recent pictures of garden/entrance/poly-tunnel to Diary Page . (17/6/12)
Added Auditor's Reports on accounts to Member's Page (11/6/12)
Added Picture of Race for Life Team to Diary page . (18/5/12)
Added news of Bothwell Garden Open Day + leaflets/poster to Diary page . (9/5/12)
Added news of visit to the garden by members of Tarland Development Group, Aberdeenshire and the re-skinning of our polytunnel to Diary page . (17/4/12)
Added news of visit to the garden by members of Ardentinny Community Trust to Diary page . (14/4/12)
Added news of garden talk to Diary page . (7/3/12)
Added news of article in Kitchen Garden magazine to Diary page . (4/3/12)
Added report of new poly-tunnel build to Diary page and also a new page of photographs taken during construction of the tunnel. (21/11/10)
Added picture of our latest visitors to Diary page. (2/9/10)
Added recipes to Members section + link to a useful site.
Added Eco-warriors events to Calendar page.
Added warning to Garden Diary page re potato blight. (23/7/10)
Added report/pictures on Herbal Medicine talk to Diary page. (5/7/10)
Added reference to use of Enviromesh and sources/FAQ on it to Hints and Tips page. (30/6/10)
Updated photos on this page and added a slide-show of tree-planting to Eco Warriors page. The latest SAGS (Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society) news-letter is here . (Gents see note at the foot of page 3)! (25/3/10)
Added link on Links page to GrowYourOwn - a web page from a Scottish-based vegetable plot owner with 170 pages containing over 550 demonstration photos (20/11/09)
Added minutes of Committee Meeting held on 2nd. November 2009 to Members Page. If anyone would like a soft (or paper) copy sent direct please send a request using the E-mail address on the Contact Us page . (13/11/09)
Large update of Garden Diary page including Phase 3 build plans, future garden events and news of other groups and events. (4/11/09)
Added news and pictures of Thanksgiving display, garden visits and Forres garden to Garden Diary page (16/10/09)
Added news of CCF Gathering and planned joint awareness event to Garden Diary page (10/9/09)
Added news of new funding for the garden, pictures of latest visitors to the garden, Largs Flower Show exhibit and other garden groups to Garden Diary page (2/9/09)
Added picture of latest visitors to the garden to Garden Diary page (25/8/09)
Added information on our Open Day and pictures of garden visitors and some of our produce to the Garden Diary page . (22/7/09)
Video of royal visit to Garden Show exhibit updated to add some photos and now in HQ! (17/6/09)
At long last we have managed to find a high point (a handy hydraulic platform) to get a picture of (almost!) the whole garden. Our beach and barn are out of the picture to the left.
Not quite! gardening BUT this is the view from the beach in the garden.
Our new poly-tunnel shown in the height of summer with the watering system making life easier..
Our second poly tunnel (84ft long!) was filled with 3 rows of raised-beds and an overhead watering system has been installed. Vast amounts of all kinds of vegetables have been grown - tomatoes, squashes, cucumbers.strawberries, beetroot, turnip, basil, runner beans, maize, pumpkins, peppers, courgettes, chillies, garlic and aubergines are just a partial list. You almost needed a guide to find your way through the tunnel!
OGF - "leading the way for sustainable communities" ... but walking in the footsteps of Charles Darwin who concluded in 1866 "It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part as the lowly earthworm, in the history of the world...".
Disclaimer While every effort is made to ensure the contents of this web-site are accurate the Organic Growers of Fairlie cannot be held liable for any inaccuracies, omissions or errors.
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