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This weekend I took time to tidy up my strawberry patch. I am a very keen strawberry grower and very proud of them every year. I am a bit late tidying them up this year, but I was putting it off waiting for better weather and then just had to face getting on with it between showers. A post of strawberry growing tips

Why do the seeds we save so often fail? Dawn Mclachlan talks us through why this happens and how to avoid it.

Posts from an allotment in Aberdeenshire

We are delighted that the Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund For Adults approved a grant for One Seed Forward to support 21 seed banks in Aberdeenshire Libraries.

We’re sure you have questions, and the first one is possibly, “What is a seed bank?” A seed bank is a collection of seeds which can be taken and used by anyone. The simple aim of a seed bank is to share and disseminate viable seed, especially heirloom and local varieties that might otherwise be lost. Our seed banks are  free and open to all. The second question you might have is, “Why bother?”

In 2025, during the first weekend of the summer holidays, Huntly's green spaces came alive. Greener Huntly's first Nature Weeks ran over a fortnight at the start of the summer break, funded through the Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund by Inspiring Scotland.

Every seed is a survival strategy. It carries within it the accumulated adaptation of a plant variety to a particular place, climate, and soil — information that can't be recovered once it's lost. Find out more about Huntly's Seed Bank