Category: Hawick Community Garden

Winter Celebrations

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and supported our Winter Garden Celebration. We had lots of lovely feedback and it was great to hear Julie Smith Beukes’ memories of the garden. Her grandparents had lived in the house and grew lots of wonderful project in the house […]

It’s not all glamour!

Over the past couple of weeks we have moved sacks full of compost into the garden to help the new plants along. We’ve also moved sacks full of bark chippings for the paths. Not a glamorous job but the plants will be grateful come next spring!

Switching on the lights in Hawick

Thanks to all the lovely people who supported us today by visiting the Salvation Army Community Store and our garden. Thanks in particular to Lorna and Katy, our wonderful volunteers who helped out. It was lovely to give out lots of free wildflowers seeds and to imagine the beauty they’ll […]

Swimming against the tide

Sometimes, with foodbank use in The Borders reported to have increased by 329% in the past year, it can feel like we are swimming against the tide. Then something wonderful happens! Artist Joy Parker has donated this fabulous mosaic for auction, with all proceeds going to the community food garden […]

Polytunnel Day(s)

We made fabulous progress with our polytunnel frame today and had a garden full of very willing volunteers. Day 2 was much, much colder and rainier. Thanks to our volunteers, especially the tall ones!- we made great progress. The cover will go on next year as we need warmer weather […]

Path builders

Thanks to our wonderful volunteers who worked really hard today defining the paths and creating more space for us to plant things in. We even managed to get some lovely kale planted and used our incinerator for the first time.

Final push

Today was the final push to get the ground prepared and ready for the polytunnel. Well done to all the volunteers who worked really hard

Anyone seen Stig of the Dump around here?

Much excitement today at Ayton – archeologists digging trenches searching for neolithic site. No treasure so don’t all rush over there at once

Still summer?

Despite summer shifting straight into winter, with frosty mornings already, there is still huge abundance in Ayton Community Food Garden. The sprouts have survived the plague of cabbage white caterpillars and are growing well despite the leaves looking a bit lacy! There is even some lettuce still growing. And a […]

Pumpkins and Parkin

We had pumpkins and Parkin in the Hawick Community Forest Garden today We’ve been using the wood from the garden to define our paths and it’s looking great. Thanks to all our lovely volunteers who worked really hard. And we had a visit from a ladybird. It really is wonderful […]