Black Isle open gardens 2024

First opening dates

Directions and times to follow in all cases

Tuesday 9 July
Druim Ard,  Newton Kinkell,  Muir of Ord,  IV6 7RF
Peter and Marion Moffatt

Wednesday 17 July and Sunday 21 July
1 Station Court,  Munlochy  IV8 8NA
Julie Gibson

Sunday 28 July
Stoneybank,  Culbokie  IV7 8JH
Martin Sherring and Penny Edwards

Background and general information

During Covid lockdown we ran a Black Isle Gardens scheme under which, as visiting was not possible, gardeners submitted photographs of their gardens to be displayed on a dedicated page of the TBI website.

Now, as lockdown restrictions are no more but we believe that curiosity about other people's gardens remains, we are hoping to start a series of very informal local 'open garden' events, in which people would volunteer to open their gardens for an hour or two on an evening or weekend and perhaps offer light refreshments.  It is important to emphasise that we are not talking about 'show gardens' - we hope people will be willing to show their gardens as they are, weeds and all, without any special preparation.

For this to happen we need volunteers and a programme, preferably with a pattern - say Tuesday evenings and occasional Sunday afternoons.  We would probably want to limit to one opening  per day, except perhaps if we had offers form two gardens located conveniently close together.  These are the dates for Tuesdays and Sundays from June to September:

    Tuesdays      (7.00 - 9.00?)         Sundays    (2.00 - 4.00?)
    June            4, 11, 18, 25           June          2,  9, 16, 23, 30
    July             2,   9, 16, 23, 30     July           7, 14, 21, 28
    August         6, 13, 20, 27          August       4, 11, 18, 25
    September   3, 10, 17, 24          September  1,  8, 15, 22, 29

So if you would be willing to open your garden, please email info@transitionblackisle.org  and offer a date.  Dates other than Tuesdays and Sundays will be acceptable, but a degree of pattern is probably an advantage.  Some negotiation may be required if there are clashes.  Over to you.