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Black Isle FEAST

25 August 2024


Starts: 15:00

A weekend- long celebration of locally-produced food and drink, incorporating a deomonstration by Masterchef finalist Sarah Rankin at 7.00 in Findon Hall on Friday evening, the Black Isle Food & Drink Festival in Findon Hall on Saturday 12.00 - 4.00 (both organised by Culbokie Community Trust), a showing of the film "Rooted" at Cromarty cinema on Sunday at 3.00, and special Black Isle FEAST menus at eateries all over the Black Isle.

More details at:  https/highlandgoodfood.scot/feast/  and https://www.culbokiect.org/food-and-drink-festival-2024 .


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TBI Open garden Firth View, Craighead, Cromarty

25 August 2024


Starts: 14:00
Ends: 16:00

Sunday 25 August  2.00 - 4.00
Firth View,  Craighead,  Cromarty 
Caroline Biscoe

Firth View is on the high point of the Black Isle on the Eathie Road between Rosemarkie and Cromarty, about 1/4 mile from the BBC Rosemarkie Mast, roughly 4 miles in each direction from Rosemarkie and Cromarty on the opposite side of the road from Craighead.

The garden is on an exposed plot of about 3/4 acre at 200m above sea level, and has been developing year on year since we completed construction of our home in 2012. From a huge patch of dock, nettles and scrub it is now a mix of lawns, flower beds, a pond, a pergola and decking, a productive area with a polytunnel and a rather scrappy orchard.
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We also have the rare privilege of views to north and south over both the Moray and Cromarty Firths from the garden.

See more information, directions and pictures at

Food & Growing / Open gardens 2024 / TBI Open gardens


Footnote:  We visited last night - it's a wonderful garden, the fruit of much hard work by Caroline and Jim, and well worth visiting when it's open again on Sunday.  The views north and south to both the Cromarty and Moray firths are amazing, and there's the best garden pond we've ever seen and a wildlife hide on the edge of the wood where they regularly see pine martens and badgers.  Go if you can.      PM.


 


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Film 'Rooted' at Cromarty cinema

25 August 2024


Starts: 15:00

Sunday 25 August  3.00  Cromarty cinema

As part of the Black Isle Feast weekend there will be a showing and discussion of the film ‘Rooted’ about local food systems at Cromarty Cinema, organised by Highland Good Food Partnership.

More information and booking

 

We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.