Transforming an abandoned magical walled garden into a thriving multidimensional growing and cultural project.
In the winter of 2021, five apple trees were planted here – amidst a horrible ocean of plastic mulch sheets, now long gone. The following year they yielded thirteen apples between them. In 2023 and 2024, around seventy. This year, it's looking more like two hundred. A large proportion won't end up being eaten by… Continue reading Nuts about fruiting abundance
The dry weather is set to continue until the end of May. I can't remember the last time I saw rain — which, in Perthshire, is a sentence I never expected to write. A weakening Atlantic current, some say. Whatever the cause, the urgency of building resilient gardens and food systems feels less abstract by… Continue reading A Parched Spring
The Bamff Walled Garden. 