Category: Hawick Community Garden

Works in Progress

Tea and biscuits today at Linkim Court and a chance to share our story so far with residents. They can’t get out to see some of the other sites for themselves so wanted to see how the other projects compared to the transformation of their outdoor space. So we made […]

Transformation in Hawick

Today we went from this …. to this …. creating this along the way ….! Huge thanks to Ian, Tom, Graham, Shane, Karen and our new best friend Hyundai HYWT5080

Getting started in Hawick…ctd

Lots more work on the structure before we can start clearing and planting. The stairs up to the garden were in some disrepair but hard graft and lots of sand did the trick! Having cleared around the roots on the last visit, it was time to relay the paving stones. […]

Shoots and roots

The first wee shoots of the project to co-create a food forest garden here in Hawick started to grow this week. But it was more roots that were the main issue. The paths were overgrown and wobbly… and it very soon became clear why! The roots of the pine tree […]

Abundant Borders – out and about

Thanks to everyone who came to Hawick today to hear about the new, lottery funded project to co-create a community garden. We have lots of work to do but the enthusiasm for the project was incredible, thank you! And thanks to everyone who came to hear Karen at BAVS AGM […]

Co-creating abundance in Hawick

Working with the Salvation Army, we will be co-creating a community food garden behind the The Salvation Army Community Store in the town centre. The start of the project will be to hold an Open Meeting so that the whole community can come together and decide just how we want […]

Hawick here we come

In Hawick we are working in partnership with the Salvation Army as a direct contact to those in the town and immediate area who are using the food banks. Those using food banks will be offered fresh produce grown in the garden which will be created immediately behind the retail […]