Author Archive | Shona McLennan

Christmas Jumper Fundraising Café Thursday 6th December 11am-2pm Come along, wear something festive and join us for the last café of the year. we will be donating all the proceeds from the café, the stall and any donations to the Garadh new build fund.

A few of the staff and volunteers attended  a Dementia Friends Information session recently. The session, which was supported by Alzheimer’s Society was very informative. the sessions last about an hour and we learned more about dementia and  how to create a dementia friendly community. you van learn more about Dementia Friends by visiting the […]

Tues 29th August 11 – 4, Wed 30th and Thurs 31st 10 – 4 The Garadh would like to warmly welcome the communities of Barra and Vatersay to come and have a look at our plans for a new building at Northbay. The proposed purpose-built facility would provide a base for all the activities carried […]

Good afternoon, everyone and today is a grey wet, wet day. Your correspondent is back from a recent holiday. On Monday, we washed some of the plant pots inside the Potting Shed and repotted the Honeysuckle. On Tuesday, we hoed the new beds at the top of the Site, weeded, helped pick veg for the […]

Monday, we got a lot of work in the Garden done. We pinched off the side-shoots of the Tomatos, hoed the beds, and watered the plants. We also took cuttings of the Pinks, chose bigger pots for the Shrubs. Cuttings of Lettuce, Courgettes, Kale, Spinach were washed, bagged and taken down to the Buth for […]