Welcome to the website of the Organic Growers of Fairlie and their Sustainable Community Garden project.
This is an association of village residents in Fairlie , Ayrshire, Scotland, registered as a charity and who are all committed to living healthier, more sustainable lifestyles and improving the environment using techniques. A derelict 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.
Our new poly-tunnel with the watering system making life easier..
Latest updates -
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)
The Organic Gardeners of Fairlie were present at the Gardening Scotland Show in the 'Big Back Garden' on Friday 29th to Sunday 31st May. We built a small replica of our garden in Fairlie with raised beds, wormeries and hot-box composters and received lots of visits by interested gardeners and one very special Royal visitor!
The Climate Challenge Fund sponsored our garden at the show and has b een a MAJOR source of funding this year to allow us to extend the garden in Fairlie by building more beds for the waiting-list of gardeners who have been patiently waiting to get growing.
For more information and support on applying to the Climate Challenge Fund (helping communities to reduce their carbon emissions) contact Keep Scotland Beautiful on:
#email: ccf@ksbscotland.org.uk
tel: 01786 471333
Web page www.infoscotland.com/climatechallengefund
Our second poly tunnel (84ft long!) has now been 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 need 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...".
See where the global worming message is going....
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.
Copyright All images on this website (unless otherwise indicated) are the copyright works of the Organic Growers of Fairlie or the individual members.
