Transforming an abandoned magical walled garden into a thriving multidimensional growing and cultural project.
Examining the cattle sheds in the walled garden at Bamff. Here are some random thoughts about what to do with them:The southernmost will be dismantled (this is a certainty). The northernmost converted into a growing area (greenhouse/polytunnel), a storage area, a performance area and more (I aim to have an upright piano inside a greenhouse… Continue reading Vision for the Cattle Sheds v1.0
I began my Permaculture design course two days ago - hosted by Nonstuff industries at the lovely Montessori Arts School on the semi rural outskirts of south Edinburgh. Montessori Arts School We covered a huge amount over the weekend - from looking closely at certain plants, to defining permaculture itself; its originators, ethics, basic design… Continue reading PDC Edinburgh with Nonstuff
Happy new year! The Walled Garden project is well and truly underway with the focus of activity mainly in the recently scythed north west quadrant. The only planting that has happened so far are 6 apple trees - varieties include Kidd’s Orange Red, Limelight Blush, Scotch Bridget, Bramley, and two unknown varieties - and a… Continue reading New Year 2022
Like much of the landscape surrounding it, the Bamff Estate has been until very recently deeply entrenched in the world of livestock farming and commercial woodland plantations; all of which have contributed to the dramatic decline in biodiversity and increased degradation of the soil, which joins forces with the far greater destructive power of huge… Continue reading Rewilding and Permaculture
This blog will be an evolving document showing step by step how this largely abandoned walled garden at Bamff will be transformed from an agricultural wasteland, to a thriving permaculture project that intersects with Bamff’s expansive and already evolving rewilding project. Dave Maric, December 2021. Bamff’s walled garden, 17th December 2021.
The Bamff Walled Garden. 