Category: Hawick Community Garden

What a wonderful day in the Hawick Community Forest Garden. Thanks to Michelle Stamp for donating the redcurrant bushes. They’re looking very happy in their new home. And to Rachel Parker for the lovely bird box. Rachel took on the ivy… ….. whilst Gill and Lorna cleared a great space […]

We were finally able to get the tool store on site and erected. Kat and the volunteers had put in lots of hard work in advance to level the ground and lay the base and Karen and Shane were on hand on Tuesday to help put the tool store in […]

Keeping the garden watered during the long hot summer has been a bit of a challenge. But thanks to our wonderful volunteers, we now have an outside tap, a lovely new hosepipe and willing helpers. Thanks Rachel! And we have lots of produce to show for all the hard work. […]

It was very blustery in the Hawick Community Forest Garden today. We had fun filling and siting our new bird feeders and digging out numerous roots to make space for our new shed. Thanks to all the volunteers for their hard work. We are starting to see some lovely results […]

We had a lovely productive day in the sunshine in the Hawick community garden yesterday. We planted a cherry tree kindly donated by Graham Charley and harvested our first radishes. Looking forward to digging up some tatties in a month or so. It was lovely to welcome Lisa Brydon (Volunteer […]

Another very productive day in the Hawick Community Forest Garden. Well done team. We now have a lovely new picnic table …. and lots more cardboard down in the top part of the garden. Robin came to survey our progress and posed for a photo!

The volunteers from the Hawick Community Garden enjoyed a visit to the Red Shed this week to see Permaculture in action. What a beautifully abundant place! Thanks Graham Bell for your wonderful hospitality. ScotLAND is a Scotland-wide network supporting and creating permaculture Learning And Network Demonstration (LAND) Centres. The aim of […]

We are delighted that Sue Winters and Kat Dunlop have both joined the team here at Abundant Borders! Sue recently graduated from the Permaculture Foundation Course, seen here receiving her certificate from course tutor Graham Bell, and joins as Volunteer Co-ordinator. Sue will be supported by Kat Dunlop, who holds […]

The latest group of fabulous folk graduated with their Permaculture Foundation Course certificates today. Congratulations to all 15 who have worked really hard and deserve their moment in the sun!