GAMRIE GARDENS
Welcome to the Gamrie Gardens Visitor hub. A community space to share and grow.
Follow along for the latest on projects, how to get involved, workshops and more.
About US.
Gamrie Gardens is an exciting project under development. We are creating a space to nourish, celebrate, heal, and grow. Located in Banff, near Gamrie, the goal of the project is to create a vibrant community space where people can come together to learn, share, and engage with nature. Our vision is to create a magical and inviting space that respects and celebrates the environment. We are looking for participants, volunteers, and donors to help make our dream a reality. As part of the project, we are building a community garden, hosting workshops, markets and festivals, growing our own food, and creating a farm shop. We are also looking to set up guest cabins, graze local animals, plant a woodland to increase local wildlife habitat, and introduce 2-3 no-touch bee hives. In the future, we hope to open the space for gatherings, yoga, meditation, and workshops. If you’re looking to make a difference and help create a vibrant community space, please join us in our mission to make Gamrie Gardens a reality.
PROJECTS IN THE WORKS
2023-2024
GAMRIE WOODLANDS
The application is underway, but ever so complicated. It's our dream to plant new woodland on the land by summer 2024. We'd love to have about a 1/2 acre strip of woodlands around the border of the land to help sheild from wind and separate our land from the neighbours and farmer. The woodland will improve the environment for the community, people, and the local area's animals. It will also be a wonderful backdrop for our gatherings. We will be looking for volunteers to help plant trees as soon as the application is approved.
2023-2024
FARM SHOP
We aim for 2023 to be the dawn of a brand new farm shop, an unassuming but inviting space where locals can purchase, trade and barter local fruits and vegetables, and hand-crafted items. As the years go on, we plan to expand the shop to a more sturdy, permanent building, where people can sit, sip on refreshments, browse a small selection of locally-made items, and enjoy the best of what the farm has to offer. By 2024/25, we hope to have created a vibrant activity and exchange hub where neighbours can come together to appreciate the beauty of locally-sourced goods.
2023
COMMUNITY GARDENS
We are excited to open our new community garden between Gamrie Parish Church and Gardenstown Church, providing a self-sustainability space, where people can access healthy food and flowers. Our vision is for the allotments to be full of local gardeners, to have a community space and seating area to be developed, and to host farmers' markets and community gatherings, with a small farm shop on the land. Memberships are available now at a discounted rate of 50%, as the year has started and the gardens are virtually undeveloped.