Boat of Garten Community Garden

In the beginning

There had always been a small, difficult to access Community Garden on roughly the current site. With the help of the Boat Hotel and the Strathspey Railway it was decided to increase the size and the accessibility of the then garden, but how?

Then someone thought of BBC’s Beechgrove Garden’s Community Projects. A successful application was made and then the hard work started, working to a plan created by Kirsty Maclean, Beechgrove Garden’s Designer. Of course many others helped , not least those sponsors who gave financial and material assistance.

The garden before BBC Beechgrove Garden improvements started. Note the steep steps.

Months of hard work transformed the garden.

The car-park of the Boat Hotel was incorporated into the top of the garden, enabled by the gift of it from the Hotel.

Finally, the garden was opened in early September with the Beechgrove team televising the garden and involving many local people in a half hour programme.

The garden was now planted and ready to grow.

Of course, the garden continues today - read more here.