With the arrival of the growing season and their Spring newsletter, the Arran Pioneer Project reflect over the last five years and report on the community gardens that are flourishing across Arran. Featured image shows first broad bean shoots at Cordon garden. All photo credits: Arran Pioneer Project Five Years of Growing Food As torrential rain …
In June the Voice for Arran we reported on The Arran Pioneer Project’s Ancient Grains venture. Here is an update from The Pioneer Project, and some photos of what happened next – a good crop by all accounts! Though not sure if there is enough yet for George’s loaf! In Spring we planted ancient …
Published on 28th August, 2024 on the Arran Eco Savvy website By Jess Wallace, Sustainable Food Coordinator. All photo credits Eco Savvy/Arran Pioneer Project. On the 17th of August we ran an outdoor cooking workshop in conjunction with the Arran Pioneer Project team at Cordon Community Garden. Although the weather was dreich to start with, …
The Arran Pioneer Project has joined Scotland the Bread’s Soil to Slice project, which has seen the first ancient grains being planted in various sites around the island. Pioneer Project Ranger Zabdi Keen explains: The project started with George Grassie from the Blackwater Bakehouse and his dream of a local loaf. George gave us some …
For readers who may not have seen the recent newsletter from the Arran Pioneer Project: The shortest day has passed, and as Spring approaches once again, we are underway planning for the 2024 season. As well as supporting the network of community gardens that we have helped to set up around Arran, in the coming …