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Community => Events => Topic started by: doganjo on August 26, 2015, 07:56:45 pm

Title: Carron Valley open Day
Post by: doganjo on August 26, 2015, 07:56:45 pm

Noon to 4pm - Saturday 29th August 2015
Craigend Farm - Nr Stirling Services

Free BBQ;

Children's crafts; Get Ready for Local(local food network); Paintings; Growing vegetables locally ;Energy conservation advice ;Latest in renewables and biomass boilers ;History and Heritage of Carron Valley ;Butchery demonstration; Forestry Commission; On the Verge (roadside wildflowers)
Other local produce stalls, cakes, icecream and crafts
Talks Programme
1.00 pm Magnus Peterson - Getting Started with Beekeeping
1.45 pm Moses Jenkins - Insulating Traditional Stone Buildings
2.30 pm Alison Swanson –What to grow to eat in Stirling
3.15 pm David Sparkes - Poultry Keeping
....and much more!
Come along to this year's event, we'll be delighted to see you!

Title: Re: Carron Valley open Day
Post by: Womble on August 26, 2015, 09:39:55 pm

Folks, A little more information on this:

This is a community open day put on by Valley Renewables Group (http://www.valleyrenewables.co.uk/), who are the Development Trust for the Carron Valley, which is near Stirling.

Central Scotland Smallholders Association have been invited to have a stall, since this year's theme is "Growing, Creating & Sustaining".  So, if you're a member of CSSA and fancy helping us out, please let me know.  Of course, if you're in Central Scotland and aren't yet a member of CSSA, please also let me know, and I'll see what we can do about that  ;).

Thanks,

Womble.

Title: Re: Carron Valley open Day
Post by: claire on August 28, 2015, 07:12:21 am

shared on facebook.

Title: Re: Carron Valley open Day
Post by: doganjo on August 28, 2015, 11:23:41 am

Quote from: claire on August 28, 2015, 07:12:21 am

shared on facebook.

Are you the Claire who came to one of our meetings?  :eyelashes:

Title: Re: Carron Valley open Day
Post by: claire on August 28, 2015, 03:53:08 pm

I'm not. I don't have any time for meetings!!

Title: Re: Carron Valley open Day
Post by: cans on August 28, 2015, 07:04:27 pm

Found out I am working tomorrow - the joys of working in the tourist industry - so unable to come along. It sounds a really interesting day

Title: Re: Carron Valley open Day
Post by: Womble on August 29, 2015, 06:52:59 pm

Well, that was a lot of fun!

It was a bit embarrassing when the guy doing the poultry talk didn't know the answer to basic questions such as "how many hens do you have?", but apart from that I think it went well!   ;D

Title: Re: Carron Valley open Day
Post by: doganjo on August 29, 2015, 11:09:16 pm

I'm so disappointed i couldn't come - although a day with my family certainly made up for it - the only available day in all our busy lives so something had to give.

Tell us more - was it well supported, did the weather stay nice?