Rattray Community Garden - Day to Day

11 December 2024

Winter Progress

Even with temperatures down to -4 we are still making progress. The garden bothy is now partly useable with sink and kettle for the vital hot cuppa. Its so exciting to finally be able to start t...

5 December 2024

December Frosts

The December garden is all tucked up and enjoying a much needed hard frost to kill off some of the unwanted pests. We are in the process of moving the vegetable beds around to increase capacity ...

5 December 2024

The bug hotel opens

The children have worked hard to create a bug hotel which has now been installed on the back of the shed. Lots of discussion about what bugs would need to feel cosy and safe. 

5 December 2024

We welcome bats

A big day for local bats in the garden as we added our own bat box on the high wall in a quiet part of the garden.

5 December 2024

Winter warmer

Today we arrived to temperatures of -2C and the ground was hard as iron. So garden work outside was replaced with tea/coffee round the fire pit. Much laughter. We also welcomed a drop-in visit f...

28 November 2024

Rattray Community Garden - Bothy Progress

What is new at the community garden?

We are currently working on a substantial upgrade of an old Victorian building (above) to turn it into a garden bothy where we can get so...

25 November 2024

Rattray Community Garden - Friends Visit

We had a Friends afternoon on 1 September where, despite the grey, chilly day we welcomed several Friends of Rattray Community Garden to a garden tour, tea and offered everyone a b...