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Go Green in 2014

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Happy New Year! Now that Christmas is over it’s time to get thinking of new year’s resolutions. For many of us these will focus on spending less money, eating healthily […]

Christmas Present Amnesty

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Firdays and Saturdays throughout January, Greener Kirkcaldy Advice Centre and Eco Shop, 10am – 4pm Once the festive period is over, we often find ourselves […]

Waste Not, Want Not: Wrapping

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by Lauren Parry and Jennifer Bain Christmas is coming! You’ve spent months planning and finding the right gift and the time has come to wrap it. Wrapping and unwrapping presents […]

Fair Trade treats for Christmas

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We’ve got some scrummy new Fair Trade products in our Eco Shop – chocolate coins, mint thins, Medjoul dates, biscuit selection gift boxes, and much more

Have a Greener Christmas

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Our Project Manager Suzy has listed her Top 5 tips for a greener Christmas. Having a great holiday season needn’t cost the earth.

Cooking with Winter Veg

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by Jean and Ross Laird. We were sad to have to postpone our workshop on this but Jean and Ross show us how to enjoy the best of the season’s produce.

Volunteer Opportunity – Community Mapper

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Role Description Greener Kirkcaldy is looking for volunteers to take part in an exciting Community Mapping Project.  We want to survey the whole of Kirkcaldy to identify: Sites that would […]

Apple Day 2013

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The 21st October was National Apple Day, so on Saturday 19th October we headed to Ravenscraig Walled Gardens to celebrate all things appley.

Creating a Winter Larder: Apples

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by Jennifer Bain If you have been growing your own this year, you may be wondering what to do with all those crops you nourished so tenderly / neglected but […]

Solar Powered Film Night

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ARCHIVE: September 2013 by Ross Laird A group gathered at the Howff on the night of Tuesday 27th August, not to help tend the gardens but to watch a film. […]

Shine on Fife

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Would you like to know if solar panels are right for your home? Shine on Fife offers you free, independent advice before you speak to installers, and for as long as you need.

What’s Growing at the EATS Bed?

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ARCHIVE: September 2013 By Jennifer Bain Back in June you may have noticed the sudden appearance of a new flower/fruit/vegetable bed just inside the main entrance to Ravenscraig Park. This […]

Apple Day

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Saturday 19th October, 12 noon – 3pm, Ravenscraig Walled Garden

Plot to Pot Workshop

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ARCHIVE: September 2013 By Jean Laird On Saturday 17th August at Ravenscraig Orchard Louise Oliver led a very interesting and enjoyable workshop on preserving. The shed was packed to bursting […]

Cold calling; free boilers and insulation

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We’ve had lots of people contacting us recently about offers they’ve had for free insulation or boilers; many wondering ‘where’s the catch?’. Since April the way energy efficiency measures are […]

Wild Berry Walk

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Saturday 14th September, 11am-1pm, Ravenscraig Park (meet at the main car park)

Green Homes in Fife

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You may have noticed we’ve been promoting our new Shine On Fife project a lot recently.  It’s because we think that solar panels are great and that many people in […]

New Fair Trade products in our Eco Shop

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We’ve got loads of great new Fair Trade products in our Eco Shop from today – Ubuntu Cola, Fruit passion orange and apple juice, basmati rice, quinoa, Bombay mix, Chocolate-covered […]

Ross’ Diary – July

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by Ross Laird My most recent jobs in Ravenscraig Walled Garden After the many rainy days at the beginning of our supposed summer, we finally have had a great spell […]

Ravenscraig Community Orchard

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We’re developing a community orchard in Ravenscraig Walled Garden, Ravenscraig Park, Kirkcaldy. We’ve planted apples, pears, plums, quince, berries, soft fruit and even some nut trees. Our fantastic team of […]

Summer Veg Cooking Workshop – Recipes!

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by Russell On Tuesday we hosted our first cookery workshop.  It was a gorgeous hot day and 8 folk turned up for an evening of cooking, discussion and eating.  Louise […]

Edible Wild Leaves Walk June 8th

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by Ross Laird The Wild Food Walk took place on Saturday 8th June. The sun was shining on Beveridge Park, and an eager group of participants enjoyed an informative session […]