Events & Workshops
Friday, 2 October
Garden volunteering session at Kenmore Primary School
Friday, 2 October, 1.45 pm - 3.00 pm
Help Kenmore Primary School with their garden makeover and start getting ready for growing next year. No booking needed, feel free to just turn up.
Grow Your Own — Keep Growing Through Winter
Friday, 2 October, 10.00 am - 3.30 pm
The growing season isn’t over yet! Join local growing expert Heather Budge-Reid for a fun, hands-on workshop exploring autumn garden jobs, winter harvests and how to keep your plot productive and nature-friendly all year round.
Friday, 2 October, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
Join us for a fun two-hour mushroom foraging experience for beginners in the Aberfeldy area, exploring the fascinating world of fungi and learning about what’s edible… and what to avoid at all costs! Led by experienced mushroom forager Lilla Valter, we’ll head out on a gentle walk to discover some of the fungi growing in our local woods.
Saturday, 3 October
Pick Your Own Blueberries
Saturday, 3 October, 10.00 am - 3.00 pm
Pick your own delicious Perthshire blueberries at Mains of Murthly Farm! Bring your friends and family, fill your own container and enjoy teas, coffees, cakes and juice along the way—all while raising funds for Bring Back the Smile to Nepal following the recent flooding disaster.
A Taste of the Past — Food & stories from Castle Menzies
Saturday, 3 October, 10.30 am - 12.00 pm
Step back in time at Castle Menzies and discover what once grew within its historic walled garden. Hear stories from the garden's past and taste food inspired by the 1850s along the way. A fun morning for all ages!
Dùn Coillich Foraging Walk
Saturday, 3 October, 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Join Charlotte Flower for a foraging walk to see what can be found to eat on the beautiful Dùn Coillich Community Land. Free, donations welcome.
Booking via Dùn Coillich.
Sunday, 4 October
Aberfeldy Farmers Market
Sunday, 4 October, 10.00 am - 2.00 pm
Come and meet the Healthiest Town team at our stall!
Community Orchard Grand Opening
Sunday, 4 October, 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Come along and celebrate the grand opening of Aberfeldy’s new Community Orchard with an afternoon of all things fruity! Bring your apples and pears (and containers!) for pressing, or simply come along and lend a hand. Enjoy poetry and live music from 2 pm, plus tea and cake galore. We’ll also be opening the new Star Garden. A relaxed afternoon to celebrate growing, sharing and community. Everyone is welcome, and there’s no need to book.
Sunday, 4 October, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Join us for Foragers' Sunday. Explore, gather and learn about foraging together! Join the wonderful Charlotte Flower, with her extensive foraging knowledge, for a walk to discover what’s out there to eat at this time of year. Along the way, you’ll learn more about the wild foods growing around us, with plenty of time to chat, ask questions and share knowledge.
Sunday, 4 October, 6.30 pm
Join us at The Birks Cinema for a film about the fascinating world of fungi!
Much of life on Earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand. Out of sight, between the world of plants and animals, another world exists—the kingdom of fungi. Through the eyes of passionate biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake, join us on this brilliant round-the-world journey into the secret world of fungi.
Monday, 5 October
Star Cafe - Community Connect Lunch
Monday, 5 October, 1.00 pm - 2.30 pm
Participation by donation. Booking essential via email—please contact Amanda projectcoordinator@hpplus.net
Open Garden Gates
A number of our gardeners from the Growing in Aberfeldy group will be opening their productive gardens for visits. This is a great chance for people to speak to them about what they do, the highs and lows and, in particular, for newbie growers to get support and advice about starting out. There is no need to book, just turn up and enjoy.
See list of the local Open Gardens below.
Camserney Community Garden
Address: Camserney Farm, PH15 2JG
Open: Open all the time for self-guided tours
What you will see: A community garden with a range of fruit trees and other growing spaces.
Ross’s Wood
Address: Camserney Farm, PH15 2JG
Open: Open all the time for self-guided tours
What you will see: Adjacent to the Camserney community garden, a vibrant orchard with a range of trees.
Aberfeldy Community Orchard
Address: Taybridge Road, Aberfeldy, PH15 2BH (adjacent to Dalweem Care Home)
Open: Open any time. Formal opening celebration on Sunday, 4 October, 1.00 - 4.00 pm
What you will see: Newly planted community orchard.
Sue Manning
Address: Tombreck Farm, Lawers, Loch Tay Side, PH15 2PB
Open: Friday, 2 October, 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm
What you will see: Come and see this lovely productive market garden and farm with animals, trees and small farm shop.
Laura Blore
Address: 5 Dewars Steading, Coshieville
Open: Saturday, 3 October, 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
What you will see: my ‘secret garden’ is at the back of the house on a slope with fruit trees, fruit bushes, raised beds for fruit and vegetables, and has areas for wildlife. There is also a pond and rill.
Anna Sibbald
Address: Hawthorn Cottage, Old Crieff Road, PH15 2DZ. (Come past the old cottage hospital and up narrow lane with a yellow grit bin at the bottom)
Open: Sunday, 4 October, 1.00 pm - 2.00 pm
What you will see: Raised beds and fruit trees
(Raised beds are at the top of a short grassy slope)
Rosemary Standfield
Address: Dallros, Foss, Pitlochry, PH16 5NQ
Open: Saturday, 3 October, 1.30 pm - 4.00 pm
What you will see: The garden is moving into its autumn phase, so there probably won't be as much colour as there is now. I have a rockery, fernery, roses, borders and beds. Raised vegetable beds, apple, plum, pear trees, raspberries, etc. A woodland walk with insect piles, burn and paths meandering through, plus a new wildlife pond. I'll serve tea and cake, with donations to SCAA.
Susie Lumsden
Address: 30a Chapel Street, Aberfeldy
Open: Saturday, 3 October, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
What you will see: container gardening, what is still growing, preparation for winter veg and early sowing for spring, nature-friendly gardening
Accessibility: No access issues
Debbie Martin
Address: Schoolhouse, Killiechassie, PH152JS
Open: Saturday, 3 October, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
What you will see: A garden with a lot of productive space growing a range of vegetables and fruits along with a pond, trees and lots of lovely seating spaces.