Community Garden & Orchard – Get Together

Aug 7, 2026 | Garden & Orchard, Land, News

A fun afternoon at the Community Garden and Orchard (the sun came out!) … great to see the fruit trees coming along and the veg growing … and which ones won prizes at the Tayvallich Flower Show last week. And good to have a chat about plans for the coming months.

Here’s the original invitation: 

Hello!

Some very lovely people have been working hard to create the Tayvallich Community Garden and Orchard and are having a get together on Thursday (6th August) afternoon at 4pm. We would love you to come and join us to see what we have been up to, come and help out — and tea and cake will obviously be enjoyed too!

If you are interested in helping out and can’t make it on Thursday, give me an email or text and we can show you around another time!

The orchard is up the gravel road at Carsaig farm, just below Tor Mhor – google maps link. Please walk or cycle if you are able as the road up is not great for cars.

If you need directions or help to get there, please email ranger@tayvallichinitiative.org.

See you there, Sally and Ulla 🙂

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