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SUMMARY:Wildflower walk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a gentle walk through Ravenscraig Park. \nAs we go we’ll look at the native wildflowers and other plants that surround us\, and have a chat about their medicinal and nutritional properties. You will learn some basic plant identification and botany\, and optionally you can responsibly gather wildflowers and leaves to arrange in a small bouquet to take home. We can also chat about your own gardens and offer advice about growing native plants and creating wildflower patches that are great for pollinators. \nTake home some native wildflower seeds to sow in your area. \nThe walk will be paced according to the needs of the participants\, and we’ll be able to choose a type of path and gradient that suits you. There are wheelchair-accessible paved paths as well as more rugged\, unpaved paths\, and we’ll have the option to branch into two parties if need be. There are benches regularly spaced along the route\, and we can pause and sit whenever needed. \nPlease bring:\n\nA bottle of water to drink.\nAny snacks you’d like.\nSuitable shoes and a coat for our changeable weather.\nAny wheels or walking aids you need or would like to use.\n\nWe welcome anything you can bring to make participating easier for you\, such as ear defenders or fidget toys. The walk is well-behaved dog-friendly\, but if a dog on the walk would be a barrier to your taking part\, please let us know. \nWe’ll meet:\nNear the Men’s Shed at the Kirkcaldy entrance to Ravenscraig Park. There are public toilest and a carpark here\, but please note due to the current road closure the carpark is only accessible from the Dysart end of Dysart Road. \nWe’ll end:\nIn Ravenscraig Walled Garden\, which has an accessible toilet and drinking water. \nYou can leave the walk whenever you’d like\, but please let us know before you head off!
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/wildflower-walk/
LOCATION:Ravenscraig Park\, Dysart Road\, Kirkcaldy\, KY12TB
CATEGORIES:community
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SUMMARY:Get stuck in with seed saving
DESCRIPTION:Always wanted to save seed but don’t know where to start? Interested in gardening and growing\, but struggling to get out and about? Want to try something mindful that will connect you with nature? This event is for you! \nHelp the Fife Seed Library to build our collection by processing the seeds which have been donated to us by local growers. \nJoin us for a relaxed\, indoor\, seated session where you can learn all about seed saving for different crops\, and get hands on with some of our seeds that are waiting to be sorted. You’ll be able to get involved with whichever parts of the process are interesting to you: \n\nlearn how to sort the seeds from the chaff\nlearn about which seeds need to be dried or pre-processed before storing\nmeasure out seeds and put them into our compostable seed packets\nwrite labels for the packets of saved seeds\n\nNo experience needed! Even if you have never gardened or thought about seed saving before\, everyone is welcome. \nLight refreshments will be provided\, and you’re welcome to bring your own lunch or snacks. \nThis event is part of the Fife Climate Festival and has been generously funded by FCCAN! \nWhy do we save seed? \nSave seed – save money! \nSave seed – save the world. \nPlants adapt to their environment\, which means with each generation grown in the same place\, they get more resilient to the peculiarities of our local FIfe climate – adapting to soil conditions\, weather\, and local pests and diseases. Saving seeds from the strongest plants to sow again next year means you can improve your crops year-on-year. This is something we miss when we buy seeds from shops and garden centres that have been cultivated in other countries\, or inbred to produce particular yields (as with F1 hybrid seeds). \nSeed saving is also an act of resistance against the corporate capture of our global food systems. Break out from the cycle of chemical pesticides and fertilisers\, and cultative naturally resilient locally-adapted food and flowers. It’s a small action that anyone can take – even if you don’t have a garden – that opens the door to big change. \nWhat to bring \nJust yourself! Optionally\, any snacks or drinks you’d like. Any questions you have about saving seed from plants that you (or family\, friends and neighbours) are growing. \nIf you have saved or spare seed you’d like to add to the library\, please bring that along too! \nAccess \nThis event is indoors in the EATS Hub\, on the ground floor\, through an accessible entrance. We will be seated around tables\, with plenty of space to get up and move about or to sit away from others. \nThere are accessible toilets in the same space as the event. \nPlease let us know if there is anything we can do to enable your participation.
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/get-stuck-in-with-seed-saving/
LOCATION:EATS Hub\, 115A Queensferry Road\, Rosyth\, Fife\, KY112PS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:community,workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260509T130000
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SUMMARY:How Cool Are Nettles?! - homemade organic fertiliser workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join our nettle party and learn how to make nutritious\, organic fertiliser from nettles\, comfrey\, seaweed\, coffee grounds and banana peel! \n\nLearn how to identify and forage wild plants that you can use to boost your garden.\nUnderstand the benefits and properties of each ingredient\, their chemical composition\, and how they affect the different kinds of plants that you grow.\nCompare the techniques of steeping\, pressing and composting to create fertiliser.\nTry some delicious nettle-based food.\nMeet fellow wild food and organic gardening enthusiasts.\nProbably get stung by nettles.\n\nYou’ll leave with a bottle of concentrated fertiliser that you can use on your garden or houseplants right away! \nWhat to bring: \n\nAs many banana peels as you can save in the week before.\nA bottle or jar to take home liquid fertiliser.\nYour own gardening gloves if you have them.\nA folding chair if you would like to sit down outside.\nYour own mug\, bowl\, spoon and fork for soup and snacks.\nA flask of water to drink.\n\nA light lunch will be provided\, but feel free to bring your own lunch or snacks if you would like. \nWe’ll meet in Ravenscraig Walled Garden\, which has uneven paths and may be muddy or slippery. Please wear suitable shoes! \nThis is a sliding-scale donation-based workshop! Everyone is welcome\, even if you don’t have funds to pay at the moment. If you do\, please consider: \n\nDonating £5 to cover our basic costs.\nDonating £10 to help us provide workshops to people who are less able to afford it.\nDonating £15 to support this workshop and our other Seed Library events and activities.\n\nHow to find us \nEnter Ravenscraig Walled Garden through big grey gates next to the main Dysart entrance to Ravenscraig Park. Follow the path around keeping the Greener Kirkcaldy cabin on your left. When you reach the end of the path\, with the Greener Kirkcaldy on your left\, turn right where you’ll see some blue benches.. and us! We’ll have plenty of signs up so you shouldn’t get lost! \nThere’s some parking in the entrance or Ravenscraig Walled Garden\, and behind the Greener Kirkcaldy cabin\, but to keep spaces for allotment holders and volunteers\, if you are able to street park in Dysart\, or at Dysart Harbour carpark\, or to cycle or travel by public transport please do so!
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/how-cool-are-nettles-homemade-organic-fertiliser-workshop/
LOCATION:Ravenscraig Walled Gardens\, Dysart Road\, Kirkcaldy\, Fife\, KY12TB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:workshop
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T130000
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SUMMARY:Seed Library on tour: EATS Rosyth
DESCRIPTION:Drop in to EATS Rosyth Community Garden between 9:30 – 1pm\, Tuesday\, Wednesday and Thursday to borrow and lend seeds with the library. \nMore information on our find us page.
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/seed-library-on-tour-eats-rosyth/
LOCATION:EATS Rosyth Community Garden\, 117-119 Park Road\, Rosyth\, Fife\, KY11 2QT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:cabinet location,seed swap
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T150000
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SUMMARY:Pop-up seed swap: Queen Margaret Hospital\, Dunfermline
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be at the Open Day of the Ecotherapy Garden at Queen Margaret Hospital with our seedy suitcase for a pop-up seed swap. \nAs well as exploring the brand new therapy garden – a thoughtfully designed therapeutic space created for patients and staff\, with varied levels of planting\, accessible paths\, and sensory-rich areas intended to support both physical rehabilitation and emotional wellbeing – you can borrow open-pollinated seeds from the library\, check in any that you have saved yourself\, and ask any questions you have about seed saving.
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/pop-up-seed-swap-queen-margaret-hospital-dunfermline/
LOCATION:Queen Margaret Hopsital\, Queen Margaret Hopsital\, Dunfermline\, Ecotherapy Garden\, Pain Management Department\, KY12 0SU
CATEGORIES:community,seed swap
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260418T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260418T150000
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SUMMARY:Pop-up seed swap: Gallatown\, Kirkcaldy
DESCRIPTION:We’re joining YMCA Kirkcaldy at their Spring Spruce Up at Gallatown Garden & Wild Play Space. \nCome along to check open-pollinated seeds into and out of the Fife Seed Library\, learn more about seed saving\, and get involved with other family-friendly activities on the day\, including: \n\nLitterpick and clear-up\nFun activities\nGarden and pump track tidy\nLunch\n\nFor more information\, please contact michelle.grubb@ymcakirkcaldy.co.uk
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/pop-up-seed-swap-gallatown-kirkcaldy/
LOCATION:Gallatown Garden & Wild Play Space\, Oswald Road\, Kirkcaldy\, KY13EZ
CATEGORIES:community,seed swap
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260314T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260314T140000
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SUMMARY:Spring seedling and seed swap
DESCRIPTION:Grown too much? Not enough? Come along to our Spring Seed[ling] Swap to trade your seedlings and seeds\, find out more about seed saving\, and meet a local community of growers. Drop in and stay for as long as you like. We’re running this in partnership with the Dunfermline Plant Swap & Share and EATS Rosyth. \nWhat to bring: \n\nExcess plants that you have bought\, propagated or germinated yourself. Flowers\, vegetables and houseplants are all welcome!\nOpen pollinated (plants pollinated naturally by birds\, insects\, wind\, or human hands) locally saved or excess-bought seeds.\n\nPlease don’t bring genetically engineered plants\, F1 hybrids\, anything poisonous or noxious\, and no controlled seeds. Make sure you know what the seeds and plants you are bringing are! \nWe’ll provide: \n\nEnvelopes and labels for seeds.\nSpace to relax and chat to fellow growers.\nQ&A about seed saving.\n\nYou’ll also have the opportunity to become a member and deposit seeds into the Fife Seed Library. \nThis event is possible thanks to a grant from the FCCAN Seed & Development Fund. \nAccess info to follow.
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/spring-seedling-swap/
LOCATION:EATS Rosyth Community Garden\, 117-119 Park Road\, Rosyth\, Fife\, KY11 2QT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:community,seed swap
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T170000
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SUMMARY:Seed Library: Germination!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the official launch of the Fife Seed Library. \nWe’ll be screening short films to introduce you to the importance of saving seeds\, sharing some homemade light bites\, and welcoming representatives from other seed libraries around Scotland to share their experiences and take part in a discussion. \nWe’ll unveil our brand new Seed Library cabinet and you’ll be able to join the Seed Library as a member. \nWe’d love for you to come along if you are: \n\nA home gardener or grower\, part of a community garden\, public greenspace\, or a market garden in Fife\nInterested in learning more about seed saving and everything related to it\nCurious about how to build community around a seed library\n\nEveryone is welcome\, no experience with seed saving is needed! \nWe’re excited to welcome Rowan from Glasgow Seed Library\, Lisa of the North Edinburgh Seed Savers\, Lauriston Farm\, and the Scottish Seed Hub\, Margaret and Alex from Perthshire Seed Library\, and Efi from Dawson Park Community Garden in Dundee to share their knowledge and experience of seed saving and community growing. In our discussion\, we’ll be able to answer questions about growing and seed saving\, to talk about our hopes for seed sovereignty in Fife\, and get your input into our plans for the Seed Library. \nPlease RSVP to guarantee a place\, as space is limited. \nThis event has been funded by the FCCAN Seed & Development Fund! \nTimetable (approx)\n5pm: arrivals\, tea/coffee \n5:15pm: welcome! \n5:30pm: short film screenings \n6:30pm: film reflections\, light bites and chance to chat \n7pm: seed saving Q&A and Seed Library future plans \n8pm: fin! \nAccess information\nOur venue is the Kirkcaldy Galleries meeting room. This is right next to Kirkcaldy train station and five minutes from the bus station. \n\nStep-free access to the meeting room through the main entrance to the building\nAccessible toilets\, including a changing place\, are on the same level as the meeting room\nThe signage is designated Dementia Friendly\, featuring clear wording and images to support\nThe meeting room is well lit with natural light with blinds to create the right lighting needed.
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/seed-library-germination/
LOCATION:Kirkcaldy Galleries\, War Memorial Gardens\, Kirkcaldy\, Fife\, KY1 1YG
CATEGORIES:community,discussion,film screening
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250927T123000
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SUMMARY:Composting for beginners!
DESCRIPTION:Curious about composting? \nJoin this beginner-level workshop which will cover the fundamentals of home composting\, incorporating kitchen scraps and garden waste to create healthy\, nutritious compost. \nLearn about… \n\ndifferent ways to compost at home.\nwhat you should and shouldn’t put in your compost.\nhow to make compost that doesn’t smell or attract pests.\nthe link between your scraps\, soil health\, and biodiversity in your local area.\nways of composting at different scales to suit the size of garden you have.\nwhy home composting and a zero-waste approach to food and gardening are impactful individual steps to positive climate action!\n\nHave a tour of the different composting methods used at Ravenscraig Walled Garden\, explore the science of decomposition and discover how to create clean\, nutritious compost that is rich in biodiversity and has a multitude of benefits for the garden and the wider environment. \nLeave with everything you need to begin composting at home – information\, support\, and your very own food waste caddy and a 220L garden compost bin! \nPlease register if you would like to take composting equipment home with you. Registration is optional if you don’t need equipment and just want to come for the workshop. \nThis event is free thanks to FCCAN and the Fife Climate Festival! Donations to the ongoing development of the Fife Seed Library are welcome.
URL:https://www.fifeseedlibrary.org/event/composting-for-beginners/
LOCATION:Ravenscraig Walled Gardens\, Dysart Road\, Kirkcaldy\, Fife\, KY12TB\, United Kingdom
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