Jam making at Ravenscraig Walled Garden

At Ravenscraig Walled Garden, we love the tradition of preserving the summer harvest to enjoy during the winter months. Our community garden and local hedgerows are full of soft fruit, and this workshop is a chance to share our experience of making the most of it.

This is a hands-on outdoor session where you’ll get close to the source of your food. We’ll start by exploring the garden to pick seasonal fruit and wild berries together. If the hedgerows are quiet, we’ll use fresh produce from nearby local farms to make sure our baskets are full.

What to expect:

• The harvest: Learn what’s in season and how to select the best fruit for preserving.
• Outdoor cooking: We’ll head to the cooking stations at our cabin to transform our finds into delicious jam.
• Practical skills: We’ll cover the basics of jam making, including how to get a good set and how to adapt recipes for different fruits.

You don’t need any previous experience to join in. You’ll go home with plenty of inspiration, our favourite recipes, and your own jar of handmade jam.

Please let us know about any dietary requirements when booking.

Booking Information

Booking Information

Full price: £45

Greener Kirkcaldy members/volunteers: £40.50

Concessions*: £36

*Greener Kirkcaldy is committed to accessibility and we offer a concession rate to people in receipt of the following benefits: Students (full time), Senior Citizens (65+), eligible benefits (Income Support, Working Tax Credit, Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income based Employment and Support Allowance, Housing Benefit and Universal Credit).

We also offer a free basic community cooking skills and household budgeting programme to help people on a low income cook healthy and affordable meals: Smart Cooking

Our booking form includes a series of optional anonymous questions. These help us learn more about the people we reach through our events. Any information you choose to share about your background is managed separately to information that you give us to process your booking (for example, your name).

If you have any problems booking or any questions, please phone 01592 858458 or email info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk.

Refund policy – We can refund your order up until 7 days before the event. If you cancel your order less than 7 days before the event we will be unable to provide a refund.

Accessibility

There are accessible parking spaces on site. Please note the terrain is mostly flat and the paths are gravel. The venue is outdoors with the exception of the working cabin.

How to get here

If you have any other accessibility questions please phone 01592 858458 or email info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk.

About our events

Our paid courses and workshops are run as a social enterprise. By taking part, you are helping to make a difference in our community.

Your support helps us continue to work with beginner cooks; people in training and on placement young people and support people in food insecurity access food in a dignified way.

Greener Kirkcaldy Gift Card

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