Friends of Crarae Registered Charity SC033244
Friends of CraraeRegistered Charity SC033244

Volunteer Work Crew Blog

You can catch up on the previous blog posts from June 21 to 1st September 22 HERE

Check back here to follow the exploits and achievements of the newly reinstated Volunteer Friends of Crarae Work Crew. Have in mind when you read the blog that the gardens are over 50 acres in size and there are currently only two full time gardeners employed by the National Trust for Scotland.  Additional resources come from volunteers, either through the Friends programme or NTS Thistle Camps and occasional specialist contractors.

 

In 2020 all Thistle Camps and volunteering was cancelled and both gardeners were also furloughed for the entire growing season (March to July). This blow to the garden maintenance schedule compounded the challenge already facing the relatively new staff due to significant periods of time in 2017, 18 and 19 when the gardens had either no Head Gardener, no garden staff at all or just one full time stalwart!

 

There are years worth of projects and remedial work to catch up on, in addition to new paths to create and diversions to manage. Periods of very wet weather in 2019 and 2020 resulted in landslides and flood damage along the burnside. If you are local and fancy helping out on a Thursday morning or one Saturday a month please email contact@friendsofcrarae.com and Victoria will add you to the crew!

 

You can follow along via Twitter @friendsofcrarae or Instagram @thefriendsofcrarae we would love to hear from you.

 

Victoria Winters 2021

Friends of Crarae Volunteer Work Crew

8th December - Last work crew of 2022, view points and frost

Dec 16, 2022
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17th November 2022 - More Gunnera removal and western hemlock seedlings

Dec 16, 2022
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3rd November 2022 - Nursery beds, bonfires and torrential rain

Dec 16, 2022
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27th October 22 - Leaves, faery village and rainbows

Dec 16, 2022
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20th October 2022 - Raking up autumn leaves and tidying Secret Squirrel hide access

Dec 16, 2022
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13th October 22 - Tackling the invasives and faery villages

Dec 16, 2022
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29th September 2022 - Edwardian engineering and debris removal

Dec 16, 2022
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15th September 2022 - upgrading the old drove road

Dec 16, 2022
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8th September 2022 - drainage ditches and bank erosion

Dec 16, 2022
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