ScotLAND Tour

This exciting innovative tour of sites will go from Garden Cottage in the South-East of Scotland, up the East coast, and down the centre. Taking in various permaculture ScotLAND Centres and Learners, and many places of outstanding beauty for which Scotland is famed.

Our first visit will be Garden Cottage which is Graham Bell's inspirational, 25 year old forest garden. This site of 1/5 acre produced more than 1 tonne of food in 2013! We will take in Park Road in Midlothian (near Edinburgh), a suburban garden farm with Bees, ducks, chickens, mini orchard, raised beds, Hugel beds, “Gypsy Hens business” and a wood stove, in a garden the size of a tennis court. Then... well each site is unique from the very urban, Urban Roots, to the farm-scale permaculture at Tombreck, the inspirational small-holding at Tap o’ Noth Permaculture and the ever-inspiring Findhorn Ecovillage.

 

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Venue Locations

Garden Cottage, Coldstream;

Park Road, Midlothian,

Tombreck, Perthshire;

Tap o' Noth, Aberdeenshire,

Findhorn Hinterland, Moray; and

Urban Roots, Glasgow

Who is the event targeted at? *

Anyone who is interested in learning more about permaculture in Scotland. Scotland has a wet and cool climate, so permaculture priorities here are quite different to those in other parts of the world. Join this tour if you are interested in seeing some inspiring examples of permaculture, from an individual back garden of one fifth an acre producing more than a tonne of food in one year, to farm-scale permaculture. This could be people resident in any part of the world, including Scotland

 
Tour Route and Dates

Provisional tour route and dates. Please note, this is subject to change.

Wed 16th September

IPC UK Finishes - at 10am

Train/bus to Berwick - participants should book their own travel.

A day to yourself to consolidate your learning from the IPC.

Option A: Organise your own accommodation. (we suggest YHA in Berwick Upon Tweed)

Option B: YHA (Youth Hostel) accommodation

Day 1 - 17th Thursday September 2015

Breakfast - participants organise your own.

9am Participants will be collected in Berwick (in a minibus)

Visit Garden Cottage, Coldstream, ScotLAND Centre. Tour and some work on site.

Lunch from the garden

Minibus for 1 hour

2pm Visit Park Road, Midlothian, ScotLAND Centre

Minibus 2 hours.

5pm -Tombreck, Loch Tayside, ScotLAND Centre

Tour of site

Dinner (group cooking)

Option A: Camping

Option B: Bed & Breakfast accommodation

Day 2 - Friday 18th September

Tombreck, Loch Tayside

8am Breakfast

Work on site (e.g. composting etc) 1 hour

Travel minibus 4-4.5hrs

Lunch: buy something in a cafe on the route, or take/make a picnic (made at Tombreck or at picnic site).

2-3pm arrive: Tap O Noth Permaculture, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire ScotLAND Centre

Guided tour of site: 2hrs to walk around the 8 acres.

Do some work on site (e.g. chopping wood, on-going maintenance, kitchen garden and possibly market garden work, harvesting, or mulching).

Dinner

Campfire Ceilidh

Accommodation at Tap o' Noth Permaculture:

Option A: Camping

Option B: Dormitory.

Day 3 - Saturday 19th September

8am Breakfast

Minibus (1.5-2 hours) via Duffton, Elgin & Cabrach

11.30am arrive Findhorn, Moray

Arrange accommodation

12.30pm Lunch in community centre

1.30pm Tour of Findhorn Hinterland Group (FHG) Edible Woodland Garden, ScotLAND Learner, and a more general tour of the Findhorn Community facilities (e.g. meditation space, Universal Hall, shop, cafe, living machine, nature sanctuary, Cullerne garden)

Hands-On practical.

Accommodation

Option A: Camping in Findhorn Hinterland

Option B: B&B

Day 4 - Sunday 20th September

8am Breakfast

9am Minibus ( 6 hours total)

On route we will visit some interesting natural sites in Scotland, such as the Birnam oak tree).

3pm Visit Urban Roots, Glasgow, ScotLAND Centre

5pm leave Glasgow

Some people can be dropped off in Glasgow

7pm, Berwick/Coldstream

In summary - The food from 9am on Thursday will be bought collectively and provided until you prepare your own evening meal on Sunday. If you bring your own tent, then you can choose Option A. If not, then please select option B.

Capacity of the event.

Minimum 10, Maximum 15 for 1 minibus. We could then take a waiting list if there was in case we have enough further bookings for another minibus/car.

Event price - full rate, and sponsored rate (for official sponsored delegates), number of sponsorship places available *

We have tried to make this as cheap as possible for everyone. There is therefore one price:

Option A: £200 (this includes camping fees and food, you need to bring your own tent)

Option B: an additional £100 (we organise a bed for you to rest in, as described above).

 

To reserve your place, please purchase option A as soon as possible.

 

 

Travel arrangements

Participants should arrange their own public transport from London to Berwick Upon Tweed on Wednesday 16th September. I recomend booking trains in advance as this is much cheaper. A good website is: www.thetrainline.com

We will pick you up in Berwick_upon-Tweed and organise the transport from there.

Participants should organise their own onwards transport, either from 5pm in Toryglen, Glasgow or from 7pm in Berwick Upon Tweed on Sunday 20th September.  There is an airport in Glasgow, one fairly near (Glasgow Prestwick), and another one in Edinburgh.

 

More information

For bookings, please see this page

 

Contact us for more information by using the contact form at:

https://www.permaculture.org.uk/contact

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