Garden Week, May

Saturday, 10th May, 2025 09:00
Saturday, 17th May, 2025 14:00

The Chisholme Gardens

The beautiful walled kitchen garden is a central part of the life of Chisholme. Throughout the year a succession of vegetables and fruit is produced for the Chisholme Kitchen. The Journey from earth to plant to kitchen to food on the table, is an essential part of the education at Chisholme, and given respect at each stage. The (nearly) organic garden is a place of beauty and birdsong and hard work and enjoyment, and students and volunteers are invited participate in this. There will be volunteer weeks throughout the spring and summer.

The tasks in May
During this week we’ll will finish planting the main crops in the garden: more root veg, peas and beans, salads and flowers for cutting. There’ll be lots to do in the tunnels: harvesting, successional sowings of salad crops, planting summer crops – tomatoes and courgettes and keeping everywhere weeded and tidy. A beautiful time of year in the Scottish Borders, everywhere greening up...

Join in with meditation and study
During the volunteer weeks you will be invited to join in the full life of Chisholme. There is a daily programme of meditation, meals, work periods and study sessions during the week to which everybody is invited. On these volunteer weeks, work periods will focus on the Kitchen Garden, but work in the house, kitchen or on the estate is also an option.

Garden Volunteers – We suggest a small contribution towards the cost of your stay of £15 per day or £10 for students and unwaged. Please contact us to discuss details and payment options.

For more information and to register please email secretary@chisholme.org

Further study
There will be a Weekend Study Course on Saturday 17th through Sunday 18th lunch time. If you would like to stay and join this please let us know.
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